U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada
The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.
#globalnews #Canada #USNews #HomelandSecurity #SafeThirdCountryAgreement
https://globalnews.ca/news/10697350/us-canada-border-asylum-rules-change/
U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada

The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.

Global News
U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada
The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.
#globalnews #Canada #USNews #HomelandSecurity #SafeThirdCountryAgreement
https://globalnews.ca/news/10697350/us-canada-border-asylum-rules-change/
U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada

The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.

Global News
U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada
The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.
#globalnews #Canada #USNews #HomelandSecurity #SafeThirdCountryAgreement
https://globalnews.ca/news/10697350/us-canada-border-asylum-rules-change/
U.S. tightens rules for asylum seekers entering from Canada

The change announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security means people entering the U.S. from Canada will now have four hours to consult with lawyers instead of 24 hours.

Global News
Supreme Court of Canada upholds Safe Third Country Agreement | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3X949nB #CanadianCourts #SafeThirdCountryAgreement #SCOC #SupremCourt #CanadianConstitution #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
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Canada's highest court has deemed Canada's pact w/ the US 2 control flow o #AsylumSeekers across shared border 2 B constitutional.
The #SafeThirdCountryAgreement, which came into effect in 2004, recognizes #Canada & #US as safe places 4 potential refugees 2 seek protection.
Court has asked that further look be given 2 opponents' argument the agreement violates Section 15 of Charter over allegations of unequal treatment 4 women in US who are fleeing #DomesticViolence.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/supreme-court-of-canada-upholds-safe-third-country-agreement-1.6443607

Supreme Court of Canada upholds Safe Third Country Agreement

Canada's highest court has deemed the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers across the shared border to be constitutional.

CTVNews

Now they can be turned away at these points if they ask for asylum within 14 days of arrival.

We should be making it easier for asylum seekers to attain safe harbour.

We should not be making it easier for their rights as human beings to be violated.

| #SafeThirdCountryAgreement #SafeThirdCountry #Canada #cdnpoli #UnitedStates #Asylum

#Canada can now repel asylum seekers all across the US border, thanks to new agreements on the Safe Third Country Act.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-border-deal-reach-1.6789815

This makes it easier for Canada to violate our commitments to refugees.

Turning marginalized people back to the US often means consigning them to more abuse.

The Act forced newcomers to only seek asylum in the country they first land.

So those landing in the US could only seek asylum in Canada via irregular entry points.

| #SafeThirdCountryAgreement

New deal with U.S. allows Canada to turn back migrants at the border | CBC News

Ottawa has negotiated a border deal with the United States that would allow Canada to turn back migrants coming from the U.S. who are looking to make asylum claims at unofficial points of entry such as Roxham Road.

CBC

While #migrants #RiskTheirLives in the parched, arid region of the #Mexico - #US #border , the journey south from #Quebec to the #NortheasternUS is similarly #dangerous & people are in #danger of #FreezingToDeath in the bitter climate. 

#SafeThirdCountryAgreement is a #LegalPact between #US & #Canada - ppl seeking #RefugeeStatus must apply in 1st country they arrive in. #Trudeau called for #renegotiation of #agreement .

https://www.insider.com/mexican-migrants-face-freezing-conditions-influx-canada-us-border-crossings-2023-3?amp

#Refugees #BorderCrossing #CanAm #geopolitics

Mexican migrants face freezing to death amid US-Canada border influx

More people crossing into the US from Canada in the last five months than in the last three years combined, according to the US Border Patrol.

Insider