Send all asylum seekers to other provinces, Legault tells Trudeau
Premier François Legault says Quebec doesn't have the capacity to welcome the number of asylum seekers crossing into Quebec. He is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to redirect all migrants to other provinces.
In his letter, the premier called for all asylum seekers to be redirected to other parts of the country, "regardless of their profile."According to the Quebec premier, the number of crossings by asylum seekers — mostly through Roxham Road — "exploded" in 2022 with roughly 39,000 irregular entries, in addition to about 20,000 regular entries.
As a result, Legault says it is now more difficult to provide humane, adequate accommodation and services to asylum seekers who are "struggling to find adequate housing and increasingly becoming homeless."Legault states that accommodating the increasing number of asylum seekers is also putting pressure on the province's education system and its ability to protect the French language, most notably in the city of Montreal.
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