Border: Asylum Seekers

border: Falk, whose riding includes Emerson, has criticized the federal government for its handling of the situation, as hundreds of migrants have illegally crossed the border seeking asylum, according to CTV. Last month, Canadian Border Services Agency announced 170 asylum seekers were apprehended entering Manitoba in March. Provencher MP Ted Falk and Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel, along with Emerson-Franklin Reeve Greg Janzen, will hold a joint press conference Friday morning at the former Emerson/Noyes border crossing. Falk has accused the asylum seekers of jumping the queue and taking advantage of Canada's generosity. Under the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement, refugee claimants must apply for asylum in whichever country they arrive in first, but it only applies to people who arrive at official entry points. He has called on the government to close the loophole that he says encourages people to cross the border in fields and ditches, rather than at official crossings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.