Asylum: Asylum System and Asylum Claims

asylum: But immigration advocates say the new U.S. president has signed more than one border-related executive order in recent weeks that has put the asylum system in jeopardy, according to Toronto Star. They're urging Canadian officials to temporarily suspend the so-called safe third country agreement until everyone can fully understand how all of Trump's orders will affect people seeking protection. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press Thu., Feb. 2, 2017 OTTAWA Donald Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement doesn't appear to affect the U.S. asylum system, negating any need for Canada to revisit how the two countries handle asylum claims at the border, the federal Immigration Department says. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen had already indicated the agreement would remain untouched as Canada monitored the impact of Trump's moves suspending immigration from seven countries for 90 days and all refugee resettlement for 120 days.A statement from Hussen's department late Wednesday, however, spelled out the government's rationale in the face of pressure from advocates and opposition parliamentarians for a policy response to the U.S. travel ban. Caron said the agreement is focused on how to handle people who show up at either land border to make asylum claims, not the resettled refugees covered by Trump's edict. Article Continued Below Our government has no indication that the executive order has any impact on the American asylum system, said the statement from spokesperson Nancy Caron. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.