Border Crossings: Dench and Agreement

border crossings: Dench spoke with CBC Radio's Afternoon Edition after a Regina woman faced a smuggling charge, according to CBC. The woman was apprehended with nine foreign nationals from West Africa at the North Portal border crossing. Janet Dench is the executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees. Dench said the agreement creates opportunity for smugglers to profit circumstances she alleges the federal government knew were possible before the agreement was even signed into law. The barrier in Canada's case is the agreement, which mandates refugees coming from the U.S. seeking asylum in Canada would be turned away at formal border crossings and potentially deported. Regina woman charged with human smuggling after 9 asylum seekers intercepted at border Why refugees are choosing to cross into Manitoba instead of Saskatchewan Unfortunately, the reality around the world is that many times, refugees do have to depend upon smugglers to help them get across the barriers that are put up, Dench said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.