Border closure: Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway
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After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end US-Canada asylum pact grow louder
Toronto, Canada Reuters Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country. The deaths come less than two weeks after the Safe […]
Roxham Road, asylum-seeker destination, busy after Biden-Trudeau pact
Champlain, New York/Toronto, Canada Reuters Asylum seekers warned by police they could be sent back continued to walk into Canada through the unofficial United States border crossing into Quebec at Roxham Road a day after the two countries amended a 20-year-old asylum pact trying to stem the influx. On Saturday afternoon, as snow began to […]
Canada, US amend decades-old pact after surge in irregular asylum seekers
Reuters Canada and the United States on Friday changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of their attempts to reduce the record influx of asylum seekers entering Canada via unofficial border crossings. The deal was the news highlight of US President Joe Biden’s first visit to Canada as president and could provide some relief to […]
Canada, US reach deal to close unofficial border crossings – reports
Ottawa, Canada Reuters The Canadian and US governments have agreed to update an asylum seekers pact that would allow for the closure of an unofficial US-Canada border crossing at Roxham Road, between New York state and the province of Quebec, according to media reports on Thursday. A sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through […]
Border-crossing asylum-seekers hit six-year high in Canada
Toronto, Canada Reuters The number of asylum-seekers entering Canada between formal border crossings has surged to the highest point since the government started tracking them in 2017, as dropped pandemic restrictions enable more travel and conflict and catastrophe displace people in many parts of the world. In the first eight months of 2022, Royal Canadian […]