Illegal Border Crossers

• ‘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
  
• Immigration committee to hold emergency meetings on border crossings

  The House of Commons immigration committee will meet at least two more times before Aug. 3 to study the issue of asylum seekers crossing the border.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2018
  
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• Number of irregular border crossings plunges again between May and June

  For the second month in a row, the number of people crossing the Canada- U.S. border between legal checkpoints has dropped significantly.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2018
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• Tories, NDP call for emergency meeting on asylum seekers

  Parliament Hill's two main opposition parties are requesting an emergency committee meeting to discuss the issue of asylum seekers.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2018
• Feds have spent over $5.7M on border shelter, security, humanitarian aid

  Ottawa has spent over $5.7 million to ensure that asylum seekers have adequate food, shelter and medical care.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2018
• Irregular border crossings drop, while Romanian asylum claims soar

  The number of people crossing the Canada-U.S. border irregularly seems to be falling, but Ottawa is now dealing with a spike in asylum claims from Romania.

  Canada

  May 31, 2018
• ‘We do not appreciate or welcome irregular migration’: Hussen

  More than 7,600 people crossed the Canada-U.S. border irregularly between Jan. 1 and April 30.

  Canada

  May 27, 2018
• Quebec has received 96 per cent of illegal border crossings so far in 2018

  Almost 96 per cent of asylum seekers who have crossed illegally into Canada so far in 2018 have done so through the Quebec border.

  Politics

  May 14, 2018
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• Over 26,000 people have crossed the border illegally since last year, but only 1% have been removed

  Over 90 per cent of the people who crossed the Canada-U.S. border irregularly last year will not be permitted to stay, a federal minister confirmed on Monday.

  Canada

  May 7, 2018
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• Opposition motion calls for action to stop flow of illegal border crossings into Canada

  Concerns were raised last week by the Quebec government over the mounting pressures caused by the tens of thousands of asylum seekers pouring into the province.

  Politics

  Apr 24, 2018