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Post by Value Buy on Aug 17, 2017 20:46:56 GMT -5
Canadian officials are announcing publicly they do not want refugees crossing the border to Canada from the U.S.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canada-wants-to-curb-surge-in-walk-in-asylum-seekers-from-us/ar-AAqfHsc? li=BBnb7Kz
From the article: Canadian officials warned Thursday against entering the country unchecked through backwoods in an effort to curb a surge in asylum seekers coming on foot from the United States.
Landing in Canada "is not an automatic ticket to being accepted here as a refugee," Transportation Minister Marc Garneau told a press conference in the Quebec border town Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Montreal.
The town has witnessed a recent dramatic spike in walk-in asylum seekers.
"Those who might wish to seek asylum (must) fully understand the rules under which we operate, which is that unless you are being persecuted or fleeing terror or war, you would not qualify as a refugee," Garneau said.
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Post by Value Buy on Aug 17, 2017 20:51:16 GMT -5
Turns out many are Haitians who have been in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons and their time limits are up and are expected to go back to Haiti.
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Post by weltschmerz on Aug 18, 2017 2:35:36 GMT -5
They're not refugees. Far from it. Some have been living in the US for as long as two decades.
"Trump makes me uncomfortable" does not qualify.
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Post by weltschmerz on Aug 18, 2017 2:47:06 GMT -5
8,000 have crossed in the last 10 weeks, at the Lacolle border alone.
They're already collecting their generous welfare cheques.
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Post by Value Buy on Aug 18, 2017 7:33:03 GMT -5
8,000 have crossed in the last 10 weeks, at the Lacolle border alone. They're already collecting their generous welfare cheques. Let me take this opportunity for you taking them off our welfare roles! (as the benefits continue to grow in their bank accounts they did not close back in the states siphoned off slowly through bank transfers or relatives still back home in America)
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