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Canada minister says government needs to communicate better on asylum seekers

August 3, 2018November 17, 2018amp Leave a comment

August 3, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada must do a better job of communicating that asylum seekers are not a threat to the country, the parliamentarian charged with dealing with the refugee influx told Reuters.

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Canada granting asylum to U.S. border-crossers at higher rates: data

October 20, 2017October 28, 2017amp Leave a comment

October 20, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) – Asylum seekers who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Canada this year are obtaining refugee status at higher rates, new data shows, as authorities accept claims from people who say they feared being deported by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.

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Quebec border camp swells with Haitian asylum seekers from U.S.

August 10, 2017October 28, 2017amp Leave a comment

August 10, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters 

SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Quebec (Reuters) – Dozens of army tents dotted the Canadian border on Thursday to house hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Haiti, streaming into the country from upstate New York to file refugee claims.

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