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Exclusive: Canada rushes to deport asylum seekers who walked from U.S. – data

October 31, 2018November 17, 2018amp Leave a comment

October 31, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada is prioritizing the deportation of asylum seekers who walked across the border from the United States illegally, federal agency statistics show, as the Liberal government tries to tackle a politically sensitive issue ahead of an election year.

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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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Flow of asylum seekers to Canada begins to slow amid traveler crackdown

July 12, 2018November 17, 2018amp Leave a comment

July 12, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

The influx of asylum seekers that threw Canada’s refugee system into disarray slowed in June after also falling in May, the first two-month decline since the wave ramped up last year, according to preliminary figures from government officials and border agents.

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Canada granting refugee status to fewer border crossers

May 22, 2018November 17, 2018amp Leave a comment

May 22, 2018 – by Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada is rejecting more refugee claims from people who crossed the border illegally as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government seeks to dissuade, block and turn back thousands more, according to new data obtained by 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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Big drop in asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada in September

October 16, 2017October 28, 2017amp Leave a comment

October 16, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) – The number of asylum seekers walking across the U.S. border into Canada illegally dropped by more than two-thirds in September from August, government data showed on Monday, as officials seek to dispel myths around the country’s refugee system.

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Canada deported hundreds to war-torn countries: Government data

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

September 10, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada has deported hundreds of people to countries designated too dangerous for civilians, with more than half of those people being sent back to Iraq, according to government data obtained by Reuters.

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Canada sees ‘unsustainable’ spike in asylum seekers at US border

August 17, 2017April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

August 17, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert, Reuters

TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The number of asylum seekers who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Canada more than tripled last month, according to Canadian government data released on Thursday, as migrants worried about the U.S. administration’s immigration crackdown head north.

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Asylum seekers at Canada border unfazed by tents, months of uncertainty

August 11, 2017April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

August 11, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (Reuters) – Asylum seekers clambering over a gully from upstate New York into Canada on Friday were undeterred by the prospect of days in border tents, months of uncertainty and signs of a right-wing backlash in Quebec.

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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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