Frantz Andre News Today

The Safe Third Country Agreement allows Canada to turn back most asylum seekers who come from the US.

Rights advocates say expanded border restrictions will push asylum seekers to take riskier journeys to seek protection.

A funeral is taking place today for a Haitian man whose body was found earlier this month near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal. Provincial police have said they believe Fritznel Richard, 44, likely died of hypothermia while trying to enter the United States.

The recent death of a Montreal man from probable hypothermia as he tried to cross into the United States has exposed the dangers of irregular border crossings, which appear to be rising on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

Police have identified the body found near Roxham Road at the U.S border as 44-year-old Fritznel Richard who was found on January 4th. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) has suggested

Canada is imposing more sanctions on Haitian elites by freezing Canadian assets held by three of the country's wealthiest people.

The sanctions Canada announced this weekend against six high-ranking Haitian politicians may or may not succeed in changing their behaviour — but they did show that the government of Canada is not as committed to Haiti's ruling party as the Haitian opposition has claimed.