United States and Canada agree on refugee issue

According to the agreement signed by the leaders of the two countries, in addition to the Safe Third Country Agreement, the asylum seekers who crossed mostly from northern New York into the Canadian province of Quebec will be handed over to the US police.” as of March 25, 2023″.

Within the framework of the agreement, which aims to stop illegal border crossings between the two countries, it was decided to close the highways connecting New York and Quebec and enter into a new asylum admission program.

WE WILL SHIP BACK TO CANADA

According to the text of the new agreement, details of which are shared on the US government website, Federalregister.gov, the US will also send those who pass through unofficial border points back to Canada. north.

At a joint news conference in Ottawa, Trudeau said asylum seekers who crossed official border crossings into Canada on Saturday morning would be returned quickly to the United States.

In a statement, US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas said the agreement “will preserve the integrity of the asylum process, ensure that dangerous crossings are not used between border crossings, and promote legal migration routes.”

ILLEGAL TRANSFER INCREASES

Canada has been expressing its displeasure at the increase in illegal crossings of late.

Canadian officials stated that more than 39,000 asylum seekers crossed into Canada illegally from the lands north of New York last year and that these crossing points should be closed.

It was noted in the US press that most of the asylum seekers in question were taken to New York by bus, passing through the border with Mexico, and some of them preferred to go to Canada. (AA)