Canada Asylum Seekers

• ‘Drop the idea’: N.S. premier says province won’t accept thousands of asylum seekers

  Nova Scotia’s premier is doubling down on his position that he will not accept any attempt by the federal government to resettle thousands of asylum seekers in the province.

  Canada

  Sep 13
  
• Manitoba, N.L., only provinces to offer publicly to take asylum seekers from Quebec

  Canada's premiers have agreed to Quebec's request to stand together and call on the federal government to more evenly distribute asylum seekers across the country.

  Canada

  Jul 17
  
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• Quebec demands $1B in compensation from Ottawa over ‘inaction’ on asylum seekers

  Four provincial ministers say Quebec, which has less than a quarter of the Canadian population, receives 55 per cent of all asylum seekers.

  Canada

  Feb 20
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• Influx of asylum claimants flooding shelters, social services in Ottawa

  Femi Biobaku is just one of nearly 92,000 asylum claimants who fled to Canada in 2022, and around 70,000 more have arrived since, according to the federal government.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2023
• Niagara sees ‘surge’ in demand for services as Quebec migrants transferred to Ontario

  "It was an unexpected surge. It's hundreds in Niagara right now."

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2023
• Quebec premier calls on Trudeau to discourage asylum seekers from coming to Canada

  The premier, who has maintained the province doesn't have the capacity to welcome more people, says the prime minister should post a new tweet telling migrants not to come.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2023
• ‘Roxham Road! 60 dollars!’: Here’s how asylum seekers cross irregularly into Canada

  In December, a total of 4,689 migrants entered the country through Quebec's Roxham Road — more than all would-be refugees who arrived in Canada in 2021.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2023
• Bloc, NDP slam Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of refugees facing deportation

  Quebec MP Richard Martel made the comment in a Radio-Canada interview as he discussed the case of a family from El Salvador who entered Canada several years ago via Roxham Road.

  Politics

  Dec 20, 2022
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• Canada sees rise in Mexican asylum seekers, with majority landing in Montreal

  From January to mid-October, 6,501 of the 7,968 Mexican asylum seekers arriving in Canada by air landed in Montreal, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
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• Arrest of immigration consultant sparks questions about why regulator didn’t act sooner

  Lawyers and potential victims are asking if the body governing immigration consultants could have done more to stop the alleged misconduct of one of its members.

  Crime

  Feb 25, 2020