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Seeking asylum is not a shortcut to get around normal immigration rules and procedures. There must be legitimate reasons why asylum is necessary or it won’t be granted. Canada respects its international obligations toward those who genuinely need help and protection. However, we must also make sure that all laws are followed to protect the ...
Jul 26, 2023 · Some experts say Canada's stance on granting asylum seems to be growing more regressive, pointing to the government's deal with the United States to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border ...
- How Does The New Agreement Work?
- What Rules Governed The Border Before this?
- How Many People Were Crossing Into Canada Outside Official Points of Entry?
- What About on The Us side?
- What Effect Will The New Agreement Have in Practice?
- How Have Rights Groups Responded?
- Why Is This Happening Now?
- How Will The New Agreement Be enforced?
- When Will The New Policy Come Into Effect?
The White House said in a factsheetthat the updated STCA would be applied “to migrants who cross between the ports of entry”. The Reuters news agency reported on Friday that “according to a final rule set to be published in the US Federal Register, the revised agreement will apply to anyone who makes ‘an asylum or other protection claim’ in either ...
Since 2004, the STCA has forced asylum seekers to make claims for protection in the first country they arrive in – either the US or Canada. That meant that people already in the US could not make an asylum claim at an official port of entry into Canada, or vice versa, and allowed border authorities to uniformly turn people back at official land cro...
Last year, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted more than 39,500 asylum seekers who irregularly crossed the border into Canada, according to government figures. Nearly all of these crossings were into the eastern province of Quebec. More than 9,500 people were intercepted in January and February of this year.
US Border Patrol processed 3,577 people who crossed into the US irregularly from Canada last year, CBS News reported, citing government data.
The new deal means that both Canada and the US may turn back asylum seekers who are already in their respective countries, closing the STCA’s loophole. In a statement, the Canadian government saidthe expansion means that “moving forward, foreign nationals who cross anywhere along the Canada-US border will not be eligible to make an asylum claim, un...
“This is very dangerous,” said Frantz Andre, spokesperson and coordinator of Comite d’action des personnes sans statut, a Montreal-based group that provides support for asylum seekers and others without immigration status. Andre said that despite being met with “a closed door” at the border, people will continue to come; They will simply be forced ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under political pressure domestically to respond to an increase in crossings, particularly from conservative politicians in Quebec and at the federal level. Of the nearly 40,000 asylum seekers who entered Quebec irregularly last year, most took a popular, unofficial route from the US state of New York...
During a news conference on Friday, Trudeau said “police and border officers will enforce the agreement and return irregular border-crossers to the closest port of entry with the United States”. But how exactly that will work remains unclear. Asked how the RCMP intended to uphold the expanded deal, a spokesperson told Al Jazeera that the federal po...
The Canadian government said the expanded STCA would come into affect at 12:01am Eastern (04:01 GMT) on Saturday. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if a ruling from Canada’s top court, expected within the next few months, could affect the new border rules. The Supreme Court of Canada is currently weighinga legal challenge to the STCA, which claimant...
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More refugees came anyway. Asylum seekers cross the border at Roxham Road from New York into Canada Friday March 24, 2023 in Champlain, New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz. A deal Canada ...
Sep 2, 2023 · In response, Canada and the United States in March amended their two-decade-old asylum-seeker pact, the Safe Third Country Agreement. The agreement now applies to the length of the countries ...
Mar 20, 2023 · Why asylum seekers are choosing Canada in record numbers. Last year, nearly 40,000 migrants crossed into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of a remote rural road in upstate New ...
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Mar 24, 2023 · The deal allows Canada to turn away asylum-seekers at unofficial entry points and send them back across the border. Abdulla Daoud, executive director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, joins Amna ...
