Atlantic provinces begin to welcome Roxham Road asylum seekers
That province took in more than 39,000 asylum seekers last year but is now calling on other regions to step up amid the surge in migrants using the uncontrolled border crossing.saw a jump in numbers over the weekend.
She says Nova Scotia is helping to alleviate pressure on Quebec, which says it has reached its limit. “There are pressures within housing and health care and access to services, but we also know that people are part of the solution,” Balser says. “One sort of technical difference is that we do have an agreement in terms of our landings with refugees that the federal government can set for us,” she explains. “With asylum seekers, we do have to be a bit nimble and flexible because we don’t know what that actual number is at this point in time and it’s not necessarily designated by the federal government either.”
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