Claims: Asylum Claims and People

claims: Canada is currently experiencing a spike in the number of asylum-seekers entering through the United States over land, according to National Observer. Nearly 1,700 people filed such claims between Jan. 1 and Feb. 21, officials told reporters, citing preliminary numbers. In Emerson, Man., for example, where reports have showed several asylum seekers crossing the border, the border agency has made sure its staffing is adequate, they said. That's an increase of 970 people from the same period last year, when 728 made asylum claims during that timeframe. Officials are hesitant to call it a trend. Separately, at government offices inside Canada but away from the border, there has also been a spike in asylum claims from 1,083 people to 2,281 people, an increase of 1,198. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.