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Mar 24, 2023 · Canada and the United States have agreed to implement the Safe Third Country Agreement across the entire shared land border, in an effort to deter irregular migrant crossings at unofficial...
Mar 25, 2023 · A new US-Canada border deal meant to halt the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings has taken effect. Migrants caught crossing anywhere along the 3,145 mile (5,060km) border can...
- How Does The New Agreement Work?
- What Rules Governed The Border Before this?
- How Many People Were Crossing Into Canada Outside Official Points of Entry?
- What About on The Us side?
- What Effect Will The New Agreement Have in Practice?
- How Have Rights Groups Responded?
- Why Is This Happening Now?
- How Will The New Agreement Be enforced?
- When Will The New Policy Come Into Effect?
The White House said in a factsheetthat the updated STCA would be applied “to migrants who cross between the ports of entry”. The Reuters news agency reported on Friday that “according to a final rule set to be published in the US Federal Register, the revised agreement will apply to anyone who makes ‘an asylum or other protection claim’ in either ...
Since 2004, the STCA has forced asylum seekers to make claims for protection in the first country they arrive in – either the US or Canada. That meant that people already in the US could not make an asylum claim at an official port of entry into Canada, or vice versa, and allowed border authorities to uniformly turn people back at official land cro...
Last year, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted more than 39,500 asylum seekers who irregularly crossed the border into Canada, according to government figures. Nearly all of these crossings were into the eastern province of Quebec. More than 9,500 people were intercepted in January and February of this year.
US Border Patrol processed 3,577 people who crossed into the US irregularly from Canada last year, CBS News reported, citing government data.
The new deal means that both Canada and the US may turn back asylum seekers who are already in their respective countries, closing the STCA’s loophole. In a statement, the Canadian government saidthe expansion means that “moving forward, foreign nationals who cross anywhere along the Canada-US border will not be eligible to make an asylum claim, un...
“This is very dangerous,” said Frantz Andre, spokesperson and coordinator of Comite d’action des personnes sans statut, a Montreal-based group that provides support for asylum seekers and others without immigration status. Andre said that despite being met with “a closed door” at the border, people will continue to come; They will simply be forced ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under political pressure domestically to respond to an increase in crossings, particularly from conservative politicians in Quebec and at the federal level. Of the nearly 40,000 asylum seekers who entered Quebec irregularly last year, most took a popular, unofficial route from the US state of New York...
During a news conference on Friday, Trudeau said “police and border officers will enforce the agreement and return irregular border-crossers to the closest port of entry with the United States”. But how exactly that will work remains unclear. Asked how the RCMP intended to uphold the expanded deal, a spokesperson told Al Jazeera that the federal po...
The Canadian government said the expanded STCA would come into affect at 12:01am Eastern (04:01 GMT) on Saturday. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if a ruling from Canada’s top court, expected within the next few months, could affect the new border rules. The Supreme Court of Canada is currently weighinga legal challenge to the STCA, which claimant...
- Jillian Kestler-D'amours
2 days ago · The amount of Canadian oil exported south of the border climbed to 4.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in July, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA ...
Mar 28, 2023 · It was big news when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden announced last week a revised Safe Third Country Agreement to control cross-border migration.
Oct 28, 2022 · Canada and the United States, along with partners, have stood shoulder to shoulder in supporting Ukraine following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion and in imposing coordinated consequences on him for his illegal war of aggression.
