US and Canada reach agreement to deny asylum seekers

USA and Canada reached an agreement that would allow both countries to renounce undocumented immigrants this request refuge on its borders, while migration increased across the hemisphere, a U.S. official familiar with the agreement told The New York Times Thursday.

Other media such as CNN also cite immigration agreement to deny asylum at the borderciting unnamed officials as sources.

Agreement to be announced Friday by the President Joe Biden and prime minister Justin Trudeau after the two leaders meet in Ottawa, this will allow Canada to turn back immigrants arriving in Canada from the United States via Wroxham Road, a popular border crossing from New York for immigrants seeking asylum in Canada.

Illegal closure of border crossings

Radio-Canada also reported that the Trudeau government had reached an agreement with the United States on illegal migration, which will allow Ottawa to close the illegal Roxham Road crossing on the Canada-US border, according to CBC News.

In its turn, Canada has agreed to provide a new legal refugee program for 15,000 immigrants fleeing violence, persecution and economic devastation. in South and Central America, a Canadian official told CBC News, easing the pressure of illegal crossings into the United States from Mexico.

Asylum seekers who manage to enter Canada through an unofficial crossing such as Wroxham Road do not return to the United States as there are no immigration rules to allow this.

Federal data shows more than 39,000 people filed asylum applications after crossing Canada’s land border in 2022. most through Quebec.

What is the difference in this new agreement

This is the new immigration rule between the United States and Canada suggests Roxham Road closure and the right to return to the United States undocumented immigrants entering Canada from the United States through areas other than border crossings.

Trudeau is under fire in Canada for allowing hundreds of immigrants to cross Wroxham Road, a remote street that connects Champlain in New York with Hemmingford in Quebec.

The so-called Safe Third Country Agreement, signed between the United States and Canada in 2002, covers people who transited through a country where they could apply for asylum because it is considered safe, as stated in the title of the agreement and they enter Canada through ports of entry.

The agreement applies and is valid at the ports of entryand persons entering a land port of entry may not be eligible to file an immigration application and may be returned to the United States.

But Wroxham Road is not an official crossing, meaning people traveling through it can still seek protection in Canada. even if they passed through the United States.

Port-of-entry crossings were not included in the agreement, prompting Canada to try to close that loophole now that those restrictions have been eased.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an exclusive interview with the British media on CTV’s Your Thursday Morning on the eve of President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa that he sees it as his job to improve the Safe Third Country Agreement. ensure that Canadians can continue to trust Canada’s immigration system.

“Updating the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States is part of providing Canadians with peace of mind so that we can continue to attract people who need to come, people who need to come,” Trudeau said.