Trudeau forced to backtrack on open invitation to refugees
The Guardian ^ | August 25, 2017 | Ashifa Kassam
Posted on 8/25/2017 9:35:00 AM by Colonel Kangaroo
Justin Trudeau has sought to temper the notion that Canada is a guaranteed safe haven for those fleeing the threat of deportation in the United States, as his government faces criticism that its refugee-friendly messaging has given ?false hope? to the thousands of asylum seekers streaming into Canada from the US.
Since the start of the year, more than 11,300 people have crossed into Canada by foot from the US. The pace has picked up in recent weeks, with as many as 250 people a day ? many of them driven by fears of Donald Trump?s crackdown on immigrants ? entering the country at remote, unguarded locations. Doing so allows them to skirt a longstanding pact that bars most refugee claimants in the US from applying for asylum in Canada
As Canadians officials scramble to process and house the new arrivals ? turning Montreal?s Olympic stadium into a temporary welcome centre, deploying the military to set up a 500-person camp at the border and setting up a temporary tent city in a small Ontario city ? Trudeau has set out to tone down the welcoming image his government has cultivated since taking power.
?For someone to successfully seek asylum it?s not about economic migration,? Trudeau told reporters...
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The Guardian ^ | August 25, 2017 | Ashifa Kassam
Posted on 8/25/2017 9:35:00 AM by Colonel Kangaroo
Justin Trudeau has sought to temper the notion that Canada is a guaranteed safe haven for those fleeing the threat of deportation in the United States, as his government faces criticism that its refugee-friendly messaging has given ?false hope? to the thousands of asylum seekers streaming into Canada from the US.
Since the start of the year, more than 11,300 people have crossed into Canada by foot from the US. The pace has picked up in recent weeks, with as many as 250 people a day ? many of them driven by fears of Donald Trump?s crackdown on immigrants ? entering the country at remote, unguarded locations. Doing so allows them to skirt a longstanding pact that bars most refugee claimants in the US from applying for asylum in Canada
As Canadians officials scramble to process and house the new arrivals ? turning Montreal?s Olympic stadium into a temporary welcome centre, deploying the military to set up a 500-person camp at the border and setting up a temporary tent city in a small Ontario city ? Trudeau has set out to tone down the welcoming image his government has cultivated since taking power.
?For someone to successfully seek asylum it?s not about economic migration,? Trudeau told reporters...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
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