RandAlThorFeb 21, 2024

Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests

https://lemmy.ca/post/15839963

Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/15839911 [https://lemmy.ca/post/15839911] > Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that his government is addressing a complaint from Canada over the high number of asylum requests from Mexicans. > According to data from the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Commission, between January and September 2023, Mexicans made the most asylum requests, with 17,500, well above Haitians, who made the second-highest number of requests with just over 8,500.

Show threadromp_2_doorFeb 21, 2024

The asylum system is very easy to abuse. Coyotes and human traffickers take advantage of it.

The only solution is to get rid of this system and re-think it from the ground up.

I’m from Mexico. The situation is shitty but not that shitty. It wouldn’t be honest nor fair to say that Mexicans have it worse than Haitians.

Mexico is a very big country and if you’re facing threats from organized crime, you can easily just move somewhere else within the country.

So these Mexicans asylum seekers are taking more advantage of the system to gain easy residency in Canada. It’s not an actual dire need

Show threadSameOldInternet
Stop lying and just say you’re racist.
Feb 21, 2024 at 10:08pmWeb