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posted by martyb on Friday April 21 2017, @12:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-away-from-it-all dept.

Canadian authorities caught 887 asylum seekers crossing unlawfully into Canada from the United States in March, nearly triple the number in January.

This brings the total number of asylum seekers caught walking across the border to 1,860 so far this year. The new statistics suggest those numbers could rise further as the weather warms.

Canada is on track to see the highest number of asylum claims in six years, given the pace of claims filed so far, as increasing numbers of people cross into Canada to make refugee claims in the wake of US President Donald Trump's election and his crackdown on refugees and migrants.

"The majority of irregular migrants are holders of visas for the United States," according to a statement released Wednesday from the office of Canada's Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.

Isn't fleeing to Canada to escape what's happening in the US rather like fleeing to Poland to escape what happened in Germany?


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by frojack on Friday April 21 2017, @12:25AM (16 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:25AM (#497138) Journal

    sn't fleeing to Canada to escape what's happening in the US rather like fleeing to Poland to escape what happened in Germany?

    Seems the submitter (or martyb - its not clear who wrote that) stepped over the line and godwined the thread. Nothing of value can come out of this discussion now.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @12:33AM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @12:33AM (#497144)

    Phoenix666 is worse than Hitler.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:45AM (8 children)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:45AM (#497149) Journal

      I am Hitler. Didn't the "666" give it away?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @12:49AM (7 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @12:49AM (#497150)

        I thought you were Satan?

        • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @01:02AM (6 children)

          by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @01:02AM (#497154) Journal

          Perhaps. Was his birthday April 20th as well? Hitler, i, and Charles Manson are in the club so having Lucifer along would be swell.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @01:07AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @01:07AM (#497157)

            Whut?

            Charles Milles Manson (born Charles Milles Maddox, November 12, 1934)

            • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:05PM

              by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:05PM (#497354) Journal

              Pfah, I knew that guy was a poser. I says to Adolf, "Adolf, don't you think that guy is trying a leeettle too hard with the swastika tattoo on his forehead? C'mon. The guy's a wannabe."

              So thanks for proving my suspicion.

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          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 21 2017, @02:06AM (3 children)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 21 2017, @02:06AM (#497178) Journal

            Happy birthday. Me too. And, yeah, I already knew that Hitler's birthdate was 4/20. That really bites - it's kinda like having your momma die on your birthday.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @04:17AM (#497228)

              Donald Trump was born on 4/20, in the year of the prick. So was Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock. Truly the date is inauspicious, and results in really stupid and narcissistic people. I vote that we remove the date from the calender.

              • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:06PM

                by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:06PM (#497356) Journal

                Brilliant! That way we'll never age and live forever. Ahahahahahaaaaa

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            • (Score: 3, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:12PM

              by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:12PM (#497362) Journal

              Thank you, and happy birthday to you. Excellent. Got that, everyone, nobody is allowed to Godwin a thread except me and Runaway and Hitler, because him and I and Hitler, we're a team, we're allowed, see?

              But just so we don't cheapen the thing, we'll limit it to 4/20, which I propose we christen Godwin Day.

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:59AM (5 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:59AM (#497153) Journal

    Well, if you're fleeing America because you're scared of the direction it's taking, Canada isn't much of a remove. Reminded me a bit of people fleeing Germany for Poland, which didn't work out too well.

    Also, i'm allowed to Godwin any thread because i am Hitler. April 20th is Adolf's birthday and mine too. That is not a coincidence.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @01:03AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @01:03AM (#497156)

      Happy 128th birthday.

      • (Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday April 21 2017, @01:57AM (2 children)

        by Hartree (195) on Friday April 21 2017, @01:57AM (#497171)

        He must have used some of that post WW2 time to learn English quite well, too.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @03:12AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @03:12AM (#497204)

          So wait, Hitler worked for the Clintons at one point?

          That... explains... something, but I'm not sure.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:08PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 21 2017, @12:08PM (#497358) Journal

        Thank you. I don't feel a day over 45.

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