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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 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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El Salvadoran asylum seeker takes Canada to court over refugee law

July 6, 2017July 8, 2017amp Leave a comment

July 6, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

An El Salvadoran woman and her two daughters are challenging a Canadian refugee law that bars their entry by land, the first time a court has heard a legal objection to the law with a real-life case at its center.

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