Canadian Government: Asylum Cases and Refugee Status

canadian government: Few people seek to flee the world largest economy, and one of its oldest democracies, on humanitarian grounds A mere 170 Americans claimed asylum at Canada land borders through the first 11 months of this year, according to The Waterloo Record. Yet that was more than twice the total from 2015 and it was led by a noticeable five-fold increase in the month of November, with 28 people claiming refugee status last month compared with merely five in November 2015. The overall numbers, however, remain tiny. Was any of this driven by politics and Donald Trump Nov. 8 election The Canadian government wont touch that question. Therefore the CBSA will not discuss specifics of asylum cases. Refugee claims are protected under the Privacy Act, said Nicholas Dorion, a spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency, which supplied the figures to The Canadian Press. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.