Asylum Claimants and Canada

tone: I'm very touched by what I'm looking at, said Quebec Conservative MP G rard Deltell of the images of people coming across the border in the freezing cold, being assisted by the Mounties, according to National Observer. But we also have to send a clear signal all around the world, for all of those who wish, would dream to come here in Canada and to live in Canada, that we must respect the procedure and we must respect the law. And in doing so, they've markedly shifted their tone from the days many Conservatives rushed to paint all illegal border-crossers as bogus asylum claimants eager to take advantage of Canadians. The government is respecting the law, both the Liberals and immigration experts say the one that gives anyone in Canada the right to make a claim for asylum, a right upheld repeatedly by the courts. What appears to be a sudden influx of people illegally crossing into Canada as many as 22 on a single night last week is being pinned on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., which stipulates that those who cross into Canada from the U.S. at an official border point won't be allowed to make an asylum claim because they should have lodged one in the U.S. In the aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order pausing immigration from certain countries and refugee resettlement generally, there were immediate calls for Canada to suspend the deal on the grounds the U.S. was clearly no longer a safe place for asylum seekers. Except you have to get here first, and that's become the political sticking point. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.