OTTAWA — Canada and the United States have reached an agreement in principle to have asylum seekers turned back at irregular border crossings across the…
A potential renegotiated deal would reimagine all 8,900 kilometres of the shared border as an official crossing under the Safe Third Country Agreement, the official said.
She added: “We feel like we have had great success with our partners in Canada, and we expect to continue that co-ordination.” The organization is one of three that are challenging the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement in the Supreme Court, arguing that the United States can’t be counted on to carry out Canada’s obligations to refugees under international law.
“That’s a lot of people in our community, considering population is about 95,000 people,” he said in a phone interview. “That’s a huge, immediate impact to our community.” “This is something that both Canada and the United States believe in, is having an orderly policy at all of our borders, but also welcoming immigration policies for those who are fleeing violence, war, or persecution,” he said.
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