By Christinne Muschi, Anna Mehler Paperny and Carlos Osorio – 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.

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson – 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.

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson – Reuters

Canada and the United States have reached a deal to return asylum seekers who cross the border via unofficial crossings, Canadian and U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, marking a major development at a time of record irregular crossings into Canada. read more

Insight: Canada immigration: Why asylum seekers are crossing the border

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson – Reuters

Bookseller Zulema Diaz fled her native Peru after being kidnapped, beaten and robbed, hoping to find safety in the United States. Instead, she said she experienced homelessness and sexual harassment as she worked off-the-books on a hospital cleaning crew.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canadian police charged seven people with trafficking and exploiting 64 Mexican migrants, saying the accused were part of an international labor trafficking ring operating in the Toronto region.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Thousands of asylum-seekers crossing irregularly into Canada via a dirt path between New York State and the province of Quebec are becoming a political flashpoint once again in Canada as the Quebec government says it can no longer accommodate the rising numbers.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada’s government met the threshold for invoking emergency powers when it did so in early 2022 to deal with border blockades and an occupation that brought parts of the capital to a standstill in opposition to vaccine mandates but the necessity of such emergency powers could have been avoided, the commissioner of an independent inquiry said on Friday.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The Canadian government is appealing a January federal court order to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syria on suspected ties to the Islamic State, according to a notice of appeal filed on Friday.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada’s provincial and federal leaders were slated to meet on Tuesday in an attempt to agree upon potential solutions to bolster the country’s stretched public healthcare system. Long a source of pride, Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system has been strained to the breaking point due to factors including the pandemic and staffing shortages.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A Canadian experiment to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs could reduce stigma and police run-ins for addicts but does little to tackle a bigger problem of overdose deaths from drugs adulterated with lethal ingredients.