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?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 21 2017, @02:06AM (3 children)
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)
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
Brilliant! That way we'll never age and live forever. Ahahahahahaaaaa
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 21 2017, @12:12PM
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.
Washington DC delenda est.