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: 5, Interesting) by Lagg on Friday April 21 2017, @03:12AM
In a world now dominated by unapologetic identity politicians there is no excuse to fail bad enough at your job that even a notoriously fascist-friendly set of media outlets will make fun of you. Especially when you're a cult leader. Who operates entirely on encouraging love and support at the cost of critical thinking.
Trump is so fucking incompetent at his job that he can't even get the kiss ass WH press corps to be nice to him. That's playing softball and then switching out the softballs for pillows. Yet he's still a fuckup.
Trudeau as I recall was competent enough at appearing to be a hero that he was prepared for Trump's intimidation tactics. Trump had no recourse but to look even more stupid.
Don't get me wrong, I'm indifferent to him besides his weed politics and I hold no illusion whatsoever about Clinton. But they're both competent at appearing to be intelligent and shrewd politicians. Trump can't even manage that. Not sure why you think there's some kind of unfair standard going. He just sucks at something he claims to be good at. Which is not new for him.
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