Canada has denied entry to 4,400 refugee applicants in the past five years
From 2016 to 2020, the federal government has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers. About half of these foreigners attempted to enter Canada after the election of US President Donald Trump. Canada refused refugee claims at the border to 742 people in 2016, 1,992 persons in 2017, 744 individuals in 2018, and 663 in 2019. As of September 23, Canada denied entry to 259 people at the border with the USA. According to the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), adopted in 2004, Canada and the United States consider each other to be “safe countries” for asylum seekers and require them to make their claims in the country they arrive in first.
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