Canada: Asylum Claims and Feb

canada: Organizations that help refugees in Winnipeg say another 19 crossed overnight from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, bringing the total increase over the two month period to 162 in 2017 - a total difference of 128 compared to 2016, according to CTV. Success rates Why some refugee claimants may have better odds in Canada 478 more asylum claims in Canada Numbers from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada also show an increase. Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 27, 2017, the RCMP intercepted 143 people illegally crossing the border an increase of 109 people form the same period last year. Between Jan.1 and Feb. 21, 2016, 1,803 Asylum Claims were made at inland offices of IRCC and CBSA. Over the same period in 2017, numbers show 2,281 people made asylum claims at the inland offices an increase of 478 claims. IRCC said the inland claims include the people who have illegally crossed the border from the United States into Canada. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said these numbers are preliminary and subject to change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.