A look at the expanded Canada\u002DU.S. Safe Third Country agreement and what it means for illegal border crossers.
In addition, Canada will open 15,000 slots for migrants from the Western Hemisphere to apply to enter the country legally as part of the agreement, the U.S. official said. A Canadian government official said these would be resettled refugees.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss the issue during a meeting in Ottawa on Friday. The announcement will likely come afterward although some details are being worked out. Trudeau has been under political pressure as irregular crossings into Canada have spiked and said in February that he would raise the issue during the Biden visit.The existing STCA was signed in 2002 and took effect in 2004. Under the agreement, asylum seekers trying to cross from the U.S. into Canada or vice versa at formal border crossings are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first “safe” country they arrived in.
Asylum seekers have been crossing at Roxham Road, a path linking New York state to the province of Quebec, because the STCA does not apply at such spots, only at formal border crossings. Once people cross, Royal Canadian Mounted Police apprehend them but they are allowed to file and pursue refugee claims in Canada.Growing numbers of asylum seekers have been crossing: 40,000 last year and 5,000 in January alone.
U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 2,900 people crossing illegally from Canada since October, more than all of fiscal year 2022. About half of those were Mexicans, who do not need a visa to travel to Canada.
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