Asylum: People and Quebec

asylum: Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES By The Canadian Press Thu., Feb. 23, 2017 OTTAWA The United Nations refugee agency is keeping a careful eye on the situation at informal crossings along the Canada-U.S. border where dozens of people have been arriving in recent weeks in search of asylum, according to Toronto Star. But it's the perception of what's happening rather than the reality that troubles Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the agency's representative in Ottawa, who spent a day this week observing people making their way through one such crossing in Quebec. In the past month, hundreds of people have crossed Quebec land border crossings in attempts to seek asylum and claim refugee status in Canada. The border crossings are orderly and officials are following all the appropriate laws, said Beuze, who described seeing compassion demonstrated by police and border guards some of whom even gave asylum seekers additional clothing. The Canadian population may have some perception of what's happening in Canada which may not be matching the reality, Beuze said. Read more Canada-U.S. border the final frontier for those seeking refuge Article Continued Below RCMP say 21 refugees arrested for crossing border in ManitobaENDManitoba premier urges Ottawa to act as province shifts resources to U.S. border There's not really any concern on this side for the Canadian authorities to be able to provide the protection which is necessary to those people, Beuze said Thursday in an interview with The Canadian Press. react-empty 156 Nonetheless, there's a risk that a false public narrative could form around whether Canada has the capacity to deal with an influx of new refugees, he warned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.