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Prime Minister rebuked for violating ‘inalienable rights’

The balance of loathing from the left and right suggests the administration is on the right path.

Several people and families have had to start their asylum application without a lawyer after being transferred to New Brunswick from Quebec — where they crossed into the country from the United States through Roxham Road.

MONTREAL — About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property.

His savings have dried up, and he's struggling to pay for food and rent. But like thousands of other asylum seekers, Abdul is still waiting for the federal government to issue him a work permit.

Frantz André isn’t a lawyer – but he spends his days helping hundreds of people tackle the immigration system, free of charge

Here’s why the newly amended Safe Third Country Agreement will inevitably lead to more deaths for migrants in hazardous conditions in both official and non-official migration pathways.

MONTREAL — About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property.

Many asylum seekers make their way in and out of New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal every day, looking for assistance from the U.S. National Guard with such things as shelter and food. Grassroots organizations are also at the terminal offering help.

The U.S. has been looking for Canada to take a leading role in addressing the worsening situation in Haiti, which is mired in violence.