Canadian authorities have returned more than 1,600 asylum seekers to the United States in 2025 without hearing their case for refugee protection, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Many have landed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

  • alterforlett @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The removals are a product of the longstanding Safe Third Country Agreement, which requires anyone seeking refugee protection in Canada or the U.S. to claim asylum in the first of the two countries they reach.

    I understand why they’ve had that agreement. However, it should’ve been obvious for some time now that maybe that’s an agreement they should bin? It’s blatantly obvious the us don’t treat refugees/asylum seekers the way they deserve at the moment

    • AlexLost@lemm.eeEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Legislation takes time to change when you don’t ha e a king passing edicts from the throne.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Yep. Politicians and the kind of people that hang out with politicians seem to be behind the curve on understanding what’s happening, but even they must know this by now. The trick is that rolling it back could provoke Trump, and they’re trying to keep that to a minimum at the moment.

      That being said, if Carney doesn’t fix the rules within the next year I’m going to be very disappointed. The courts will probably strike it down eventually regardless.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 days ago

        going to be very disappointed

        What’s that look like? We don’t vote Red* because we like all the policies, but because the only alternative capable of pulling even a minority would be Trump levels of disastrous for us all.

        So, would “disappointment” just be a harder grimace while continuing to vote to block the blue*?

        *Note that in my country the blues are like Republicans and reds are the business-friendly investment/consolidated socialist-adjacents at centre of our spectrum.