Surge in Refugees from U.S. Seeking Asylum in Canada
Tue, February 28, 2017
A couple from Haiti waits to be taken to the Canadian border. (Photo: © DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
After Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau’s declaration that all refugees were “welcome” in Canada,
illegal refugees have been pouring over the US-Canadian border since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential race, reported the Daily Caller and CBC News.
Although Trump’s recent temporary ban on immigration from designated countries did not affect those refugees already in the U.S., refugees are apparently fearful they will be deported.
Although Canada has some of the strictest immigration laws and migrants are subject to deportation at official border crossings, a loophole in the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement means immigrants are guaranteed safe passage at all other crossings.
Illegals previously crossed into Canada at obscure locations in the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec, however recently, there has been a large influx crossing into Ontario’s border towns, especially Windsor and Niagara Falls.
In January 2016, 175 refugees crossed into Ontario Province alone from the U.S. compared to the same month this year in which 433 refugees crossed.
Toronto,
which became a “sanctuary city” in 2013, has seen the greatest surge in
immigrants with 810 new arrivals in January, up 80 percent from the
previous year. These migrants arrived in Toronto having either crossed
directly into Ontario or via other crossing points into Canada.
Montreal’s city council declared the city a sanctuary city just last week.
Although Trump’s recent temporary ban on immigration from designated countries did not affect those refugees already in the U.S., refugees are apparently fearful they will be deported.
Although Canada has some of the strictest immigration laws and migrants are subject to deportation at official border crossings, a loophole in the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement means immigrants are guaranteed safe passage at all other crossings.
Illegals previously crossed into Canada at obscure locations in the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec, however recently, there has been a large influx crossing into Ontario’s border towns, especially Windsor and Niagara Falls.
In January 2016, 175 refugees crossed into Ontario Province alone from the U.S. compared to the same month this year in which 433 refugees crossed.
Montreal’s city council declared the city a sanctuary city just last week.
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