Quebec asylum seekers
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Program to give residency to asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines to open next weekSome asylum-seekers who toiled on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year will be able to apply for permanent residency in Canada beginning Dec. 14.HealthDec 9, 2020
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Coronavirus: Refugee advocates criticize Canada’s decision to resume deportations during pandemicThe Canada Border Services Agency confirmed it resumed deportations as of Nov. 30, after halting most removals in March due to the pandemic.CanadaDec 2, 2020
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Asylum seekers on front lines of coronavirus crisis given chance at permanent residencyThe new program to grant some asylum seekers residency comes after negotiations between Ottawa and Quebec.CanadaAug 14, 2020
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Asylum seekers confused by Quebec government’s messages on immigration"My biggest concern you know, after the COVID-19 if they reject my claim and I have to go back to Haiti."CanadaMay 26, 2020
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Quebec to receive $250M from Ottawa for asylum seekersThe Canadian government has announced it will provide $250 million to Quebec to help with costs related to help resettle and provide support to refugees and asylum seekers.PoliticsAug 29, 2019
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More than half of Quebec asylum seekers had some kind of ‘legal status’ in U.S. before crossing to CanadaIt is not clear how many of the asylum seekers may have held U.S. permanent residency status versus a soon-to-expire temporary protected status or even a travel visa.CanadaSep 19, 2018
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Ottawa to give $50M to Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba for asylum seeker costsThe federal government will provide $50 million to Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba to help pay for some of the costs they have borne as a result of the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing the Canada-U.S. border.CanadaJun 4, 2018
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Feds to give $50M to provinces to help cope with illegal asylum seekersThe federal government will provide $50 million to Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba to help pay for some of the costs they have borne as a result of the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing the Canada-U.S. border.CanadaJun 1, 2018
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Quebec has received 96 per cent of illegal border crossings so far in 2018Almost 96 per cent of asylum seekers who have crossed illegally into Canada so far in 2018 have done so through the Quebec border.PoliticsMay 14, 2018
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Parti Québécois calls on Trudeau to tweet that asylum seekers get no free passQuebec's Opposition is calling on the prime minister to send out a tweet telling would-be asylum seekers around the world they will not get a free pass into Canada.CanadaMay 8, 2018
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