Canada Border Crossers

• New Canada-U.S. border directive restores some asylum rules suspended by shutdown

  Canada shut down its border with the U.S. last month in deal to limit coronavirus spread.

  Politics

  Apr 22, 2020
  
• ‘Illegal’ or ‘irregular’? Debate about asylum-seekers needs to stop, experts warn

  As politicians continue to argue over how to handle asylum seekers at Canada's southern border, lawyers and human rights experts are urging everyone to stop using the word 'illegal' to describe possible refugees.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2018
  
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• Immigration minister has arrived in Nigeria as border crossings continue: Goodale

  Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is on the ground in Nigeria this weekend, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has confirmed.

  May 13, 2018
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• Haitian asylum seekers flee to Canada after Trump proposes end to protected status

  In mid-July, the Trump administration announced it might end their "temporary protected status" which was granted following Haiti's massive 2010 earthquake.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2017