Refugee advocates appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday argued that the Safe Third Country Agreement governing asylum claims between Canada and the United States violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International, the Canadian Council of Churches and a number of other parties argued that the risk involved in those cross-border journeys, and the peril rejected claimants face when sent back to the U.S., violate section seven of the charter.
"I'd say there's a very serious risk of being detained if you're illegally in the United States in exactly a parallel way — there's a risk you'd be detained if you're illegally in Canada," he said. "Safety valves are available," government lawyer Marianne Zoric told the court. "They are available in law, and so any remedy that's available in law ... is not illusory."
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