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| Editor's Note |
An uptick in asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States is
prompting Canadian officials to cool the country’s warm welcome to migrants.
Some 7,600 people were apprehended after entering without authorization in the
first four months of 2018, more than twice the 2,700 intercepted in the same
period a year earlier. In response, some Canadians are seeking to make the
country’s asylum policies stricter, while sending a message that not everyone
who comes will be able to stay.
Starting in late 2016, Canada began noticing increasing numbers of asylum
seekers crossing the border, a trend that has since intensified. Most cross
into Quebec by foot at a remote part of the border in northern New York State.
Haitians constituted the largest group in 2017, including some who entered
after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was ending
Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. This year, Nigerians are the biggest
group, many arriving after traveling to the United States on visitor visas.
Nigerians cite violence by terrorist group Boko Haram and persecution for
sexual orientation among the factors driving them to seek asylum. The uptick in
April could portend a further increase in the summer months, officials fear.
Border crossers take advantage of a loophole in a U.S.-Canada treaty called the
Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), as a previous Source article explained.
The 2004 agreement holds that protection seekers should apply for asylum in the
first “safe country” they enter, recognizing the United States and Canada as
offering generous humanitarian protections. However, the treaty only applies to
official ports of entry—thus incentivizing asylum seekers to illegally cross
into Canada between formal entry points and apply for asylum once taken into
custody by authorities.
In recent weeks, Canadian officials have taken new action in response to the
arrivals. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale warned that asylum seekers who
cross illegally—an estimated 90 percent of whom will be denied asylum—are not
entitled to a “free ticket” to stay. The federal government said it plans to
build new accommodation facilities at a popular crossing in Quebec. Immigration
Minister Ahmed Hussen and other officials have also traveled to Nigeria to
address the issue with Nigerian officials and U.S. embassy staff.
Meanwhile, the arrivals are placing new pressure on the STCA, with some
Canadians calling on DHS to help amend the pact. Hussen said he is open to
revising the agreement, though he has insisted there are no “formal
negotiations” happening. While Canadians are broadly supportive of immigration,
conservatives fear that lack of appropriate action on the border issue could
cause the public to lose faith in the system—and with it, their famous
receptivity to newcomers.
Best regards,
Marissa Esthimer
Editor, Migration Information Source
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