Border Crossings
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B.C. residents’ return trips from U.S. by land and air continue to declineCanadian resident return trips from the U.S. by airplane went down by 20 per cent last month, compared to April 2024 across the country.CanadaMay 12, 2025
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B.C. border crossings plummet over spring break as Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ loomsAccording to border crossing data, on the first day of spring break in 2024, 10,117 vehicles crossed at the southbound Peace Arch border crossing into the U.S.CanadaApr 1, 2025
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Border enforcement in Manitoba, North Dakota urges migrants to avoid illegal crossingLaw enforcement agencies on both sides of the Manitoba-North Dakota border are warning migrants of the dangers of crossing the border illegally.CanadaOct 10, 2024
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Canada-U.S. border a growing national security concern, Republican lawmakers argueThe new 28-member U.S. Northern Border Security Caucus is focused exclusively on what it calls a badly under-resourced, largely unnoticed national security concern.PoliticsFeb 28, 2023
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Canada-U.S. border policy, security new target of Republican lawmakersA group of U.S. lawmakers is launching the "Northern Border Security Caucus," focused on immigration, crime and national security at the Canada-U.S. border.U.S. NewsFeb 27, 2023
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Canada defends COVID-19 policy barring asylum seekers entering between border crossingsThe government says its policy is justified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the exemptions it has granted prove recourse is available.CanadaOct 28, 2021
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Asylum seekers continue crossing into Canada despite coronavirus border shutdownNew statistics show 21 people were apprehended by the RCMP crossing into Canada from the U.S. in May, despite the shutdown of the border.CanadaJun 24, 2020
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Canada defends Safe Third Country Agreement as court challenge wraps upUnder the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S., asylum seekers at a formal border crossing traveling in either direction are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the country they first arrived in.CanadaNov 8, 2019
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Trump administration shifting care of migrant children to private contractorsSo far, the only private company caring for migrant children held more than 20 per cent of all migrant children in government custody.WorldOct 3, 2019
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Quebec should have power over Ottawa in refugee settlement: Bloc Quebecois leaderBloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet discussed cases where asylum seekers had been in Quebec for years, were well-integrated and were selected for permanent resident status by the province -- only to be deported after Ottawa rejected their refugee application.PoliticsSep 23, 2019
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