Irb Show and Asylum Seekers

show: In all of 2016, there were just 241, statistics from the IRB show, according to Hamilton Spectator. Last December, the Liberal government lifted a requirement for Mexicans to obtain a visa before travelling to Canada and an increase in claims was forecast. New figures from the Immigration and Refugee Board show that March recorded the highest number yet of new claims in 2017 110, up from 85 in February and 71 in January, for a total of 266 so far this year. The volume of asylum seekers from Mexico had been the reason the previous government begin to require visas in 2009, but the move caused diplomatic bad blood between the two countries. Still, in lifting the visa, Canada told the Mexican government that if asylum claims reached a certain level, the visa could be reinstated. The federal Liberals had promised to remove the requirement and doing so was given new impetus given the impending renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.