Irregular Border Crossings

• Man’s body found in river linked to migrant deaths’ probe: Akwesasne police

  The coroner's office has identified the dead man as Casey Oakes, 30, who had been missing since March. His body was found in the St. Lawrence River earlier in July.

  Crime

  Jul 28
  
• Canada-U.S. border a growing national security concern, Republican lawmakers argue

  The 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.

  Politics

  Feb 28
  
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• Canada-U.S. border policy, security new target of Republican lawmakers

  A 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. News

  Feb 27
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• Quebec RCMP say they rescued man trying to cross U.S. border on foot through woods

  Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022, U.S. Border Patrol's Swanton Sector recorded an approximate 743 per cent increase in apprehensions and encounters over the same period in 2021.

  Canada

  Jan 30
• Scheer vows to close asylum ‘loophole’, unveils immigration plan at Roxham Road

  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer announced his party's immigration plan at the end of Roxham Road in Quebec on Wednesday.

  Politics

  Oct 9, 2019
• Conservative MP uses campaign flyer to spread falsehoods about ‘fake refugees’

  A campaign flyer from Markham-Unionville Conservative candidate Bob Saroya laid out the party's plan for immigration reform but also included falsehoods about irregular migrants.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2019
• Ottawa to pay over $400K to Roxham Road residents over irregular border crossings

  The document says eight homes will receive the maximum compensation of $25,000, 15 will receive $10,000, and 22 households in the outermost zone will receive $2,500.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2019
• Irregular migrant claims drop to lowest levels since 2017, but backlogs remain

  Newly published federal data shows 1,019 irregular migrants were apprehended by the RCMP crossing into Canada between official border crossings last month.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2018
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• Asylum seeker numbers for November lowest since mid-2017

  New data shows 1,019 irregular migrants were apprehended by RCMP crossing into Canada between official border crossings last month, 375 fewer irregular migrants than the previous month.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2018
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• Asylum seeker claims increase in July, down year-over-year

  The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline, but is half the number of people who arrived in July of last year.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2018