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    ‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention

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    1. soothukundi on

      If they are seeking asylum, they can do that in the US. Why cross from US to Canada and then claim asylum. If you have a valid asylum claim, any country will take it

    6. rTpure on

      >Refugees like Appolon attempt to claim asylum in Canada through an exception to the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the US. Under the agreement, refugees must seek asylum in the first “safe country” they arrive in.

      No sympathy for those who try to exploit the system

    7. Long_Ad_2764 on

      So people who enter the USA illegally and have no right entering Canada are handed over to American law enforcement to answer for their crimes. Why is this news.

    8. DRockDR on

      These stories always leave too much in the grey. He’s seeking an exemption to safe third because of his aunt in Canada. She’s conveniently “temporarily out of the country for an emergency”. Legit claims aren’t difficult to prove. Those that are denied can’t provide evidence of their claims.

    10. ThatVancouverLife on

      >Refugees like Appolon remain jailed in the US “because Canada conducted proceedings at the border in a manner that was rigid and, frankly, unfair”

      The entitlement of showing up, demanding to be let in, and crying to the media when rejected. “This door keeping strangers out of your home is too rigid.”

    13. happycow24 on

      Good

      Canada cannot and should not be where illegal immigrants in the US turn to, not least because they may try to re enter the us illegally

    16. StevoJ89 on

      This might have jerked a few tears 10+ years ago but now? Good, this isn’t our problem gtfo out of here my empathy well has run dry.

    17. BlackWinterFox on

      >This has prompted a tightening of controls at the border as Canada seeks to ward off a potential cascade of claims, **even if the country is capable of receiving claimants**.

      We aren’t capable. Hope that helps.

    18. Unlucky_Accountant71 on

      Should change the headline to people who enter Canada illegally are deported.

      This is a normal thing and it’s good.

    24. PHILIPPEtheSunfish on

      Great news. Would be instant deportion for those who attempt entering canada through unofficial channels. 

    25. Wind_Best_1440 on

      Why are people surprised that Canada is following the law. Until the Safe Third Country agreement is either destroyed or changed. This is what should be happening.

      Canada can’t let the entire world in because other places suck. Canada’s services and systems and housing are all already at max stress. There is literally billions of people that “Need help” in some manner.

      Hell, Canada has 100,000+ Homeless Canadian citizens and 3-4 million unique visitors to food banks every month.

      Even the Global compact of refugees from the UN has stated that host countries should not take on more refugees then they can handle, as doing so creates strife and anti-refugee sentiment in the citizen population.

      That’s not my words, thats the UN. Not to mention Canada is dealing with the legalized slavery crisis through TFW and LMIA’s with the 5 million temporary residents over the last 10 years thats floating around the gray area’s in the country.

    26. luxuryriot on

      If we designate the US an unsafe country that would mean we should accept Americans as refugees to Canada which is ridiculous.

      These people never go further than 1 step into the logical ramifications of their ideologically motivated ridiculous arguments.

    27. Ok-Yak549 on

      amazing how an influx of immigrants under a previous PM who shall remain nameless will change the perspective on immigration into this country.

    28. TheSilentPrince on

      I’m certainly no fan of ICE, or much of anything that regime is doing down there; but nations **do** have the right to control who does, and does not, enter their borders, and under what conditions. That goes for Canada, the US, and anywhere else.

      It’s unfortunate that these people’s lives are in such a state that they have to become refugees, provided that they *actually are* refugees and not economic migrants misrepresenting their cases; but that doesn’t automatically make it Canada’s problem. We have our own, serious, domestic issues; and, ideally, Canada’s bleeding heart days are over, for noncitizens at least.

    29. Olin_123 on

      So long as the Safe Third Country Agreement is in place this is standard procedure. You can fairly argue all you want about whether or not the US is still upholding the standard required for it but unless it’s actually revoked this isn’t suprising in the slightest.

    31. Quietlyrightt on

      We decide they dont enter our country. That’s as far as our decision making goes.

    35. FatMike20295 on

      Fine by me. They enter US illegally trying to get citizenship got deny and now want to do the same in Canada. They could say you know go back to their home country.

    42. Hurtin-Albertn on

      This just in!! People attempting to enter canada legally are denied and turned around!

    44. ResistiveBeaver on

      Fuck right off. How are we handing them over to ICE when they came from the US in the first place?

    46. PostOakJoe on

      “But legal experts argue that the US should not be considered a safe third country”…Close to 1 million Canadians live in the US. Tell them that.

    50. toilet_for_shrek on

      >Appolon reached the Quebec-Vermont border on 28 December, but was rejected and turned over to ICE. His aunt, a Canadian citizen, was temporarily out of the country for a family emergency, and border agents told him without her physically present in the country, he could not enter.

      I mean it doesn’t really help your case if your Canadian aunt is hanging out in the country that you’re supposedly fleeing from