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Canada's immigration minister discourages 'irregular' border crossings by asylum seekers
'We want people to claim asylum in the first country that they're in,' says Ahmed Hussen
Kamila Hinkson · CBC News · an hour ago
Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada wants people to claim asylum in the U.S. if that's their first country in which they arrived. (Charles Contant/CBC)
Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is discouraging asylum seekers trying to enter Canada from the U.S., urging them to apply in the country in which they first land.
In an interview Friday with CBC, Hussen said "irregular" crossings at Canada's borders with the U.S. aren't a new phenomenon, but Canada doesn't want to promote the practice.
"We discourage people from conducting irregular crossings of our borders," he said. "It's not safe, it's not something that we want people to do. We want people to claim asylum in the first country that they're in, which in this case is the U.S."
'We discourage people from conducting irregular crossings of our borders,' Hussen said Friday from Ottawa. 'It's not safe, it's not something that we want people to do.' (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
The number of asylum seekers, most of them Haitian, crossing illegally near the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., border crossing has tripled in the past two weeks — from about 50 a day to 150 a day, according to the Quebec government.
It's believed they may be flocking to Canada before the special status granted to Haitians by then U.S. President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake is withdrawn in January.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to end temporary protected status for Haitians, which would mean those who were covered by the program could be deported.
Hussen says Haitians in the U.S. should stay and apply there for refugee status. Canada already permits deportations to Haiti.
Speaking to reporters in Hébertville, Que., on Thursday. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard implored Justin Trudeau's government to move faster in processing asylum seekers' claims in order to alleviate the pressure on the province.
He said as long as there is no change in their status, the majority of asylum seekers' expenses are paid for by Quebec.
"We give them social assistance, help to find housing. We give them health care, even education for the children. All that is expensive, and we don't want the delay to be unduly prolonged. We're talking about many millions of dollars."
Hussen said the government has implemented measures to accelerate the process, including triaging claims to ensure asylum claimants actually plan to reside in Quebec or move to another province, in which case they would be taken to that province directly.
Couillard said Quebec is "overwhelmed" by the number of people it needs to find housing for, echoing comments by his immigration minister Thursday.
Kathleen Weil said that between Jan. 1 and June 30, 6,500 asylum seekers arrived in Quebec — 35 per cent of all asylum seekers entering Canada during that period.
She said Quebec has a network of governmental and community organizations that can deal with the stream of newcomers, but there is evidence those resources are being strained.
The influx is such that the government has had to open 10 shelters, including space in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, to temporarily house the asylum seekers as they wait to be moved to more permanent living quarters.
As of Thursday, 1,575 people were being housed in those temporary locations, which include the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre in east-end Montreal and the YMCA on Tupper Street downtown.
The English Montreal School Board announced Friday it's opening its vacant St. Raphael School building in the Villeray neighbourhood for refugees.
The community agency Sun Youth is also helping out the people, mostly Haitians, who have arrived in the past month.
Executive director Sid Stevens says Sun Youth's resources are also being stretched, and it's in dire need of diapers, hygiene products and food.
'We want people to claim asylum in the first country that they're in,' says Ahmed Hussen
Kamila Hinkson · CBC News · an hour ago
Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada wants people to claim asylum in the U.S. if that's their first country in which they arrived. (Charles Contant/CBC)
Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is discouraging asylum seekers trying to enter Canada from the U.S., urging them to apply in the country in which they first land.
In an interview Friday with CBC, Hussen said "irregular" crossings at Canada's borders with the U.S. aren't a new phenomenon, but Canada doesn't want to promote the practice.
"We discourage people from conducting irregular crossings of our borders," he said. "It's not safe, it's not something that we want people to do. We want people to claim asylum in the first country that they're in, which in this case is the U.S."
'We discourage people from conducting irregular crossings of our borders,' Hussen said Friday from Ottawa. 'It's not safe, it's not something that we want people to do.' (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
The number of asylum seekers, most of them Haitian, crossing illegally near the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., border crossing has tripled in the past two weeks — from about 50 a day to 150 a day, according to the Quebec government.
It's believed they may be flocking to Canada before the special status granted to Haitians by then U.S. President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake is withdrawn in January.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to end temporary protected status for Haitians, which would mean those who were covered by the program could be deported.
Hussen says Haitians in the U.S. should stay and apply there for refugee status. Canada already permits deportations to Haiti.
- Feds, province confident they can handle influx of asylum seekers in Quebec
- Waves of asylum seekers keep coming at illegal border crossing in Quebec
Speaking to reporters in Hébertville, Que., on Thursday. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard implored Justin Trudeau's government to move faster in processing asylum seekers' claims in order to alleviate the pressure on the province.
He said as long as there is no change in their status, the majority of asylum seekers' expenses are paid for by Quebec.
"We give them social assistance, help to find housing. We give them health care, even education for the children. All that is expensive, and we don't want the delay to be unduly prolonged. We're talking about many millions of dollars."
Hussen said the government has implemented measures to accelerate the process, including triaging claims to ensure asylum claimants actually plan to reside in Quebec or move to another province, in which case they would be taken to that province directly.
Couillard said Quebec is "overwhelmed" by the number of people it needs to find housing for, echoing comments by his immigration minister Thursday.
Kathleen Weil said that between Jan. 1 and June 30, 6,500 asylum seekers arrived in Quebec — 35 per cent of all asylum seekers entering Canada during that period.
She said Quebec has a network of governmental and community organizations that can deal with the stream of newcomers, but there is evidence those resources are being strained.
The influx is such that the government has had to open 10 shelters, including space in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, to temporarily house the asylum seekers as they wait to be moved to more permanent living quarters.
As of Thursday, 1,575 people were being housed in those temporary locations, which include the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre in east-end Montreal and the YMCA on Tupper Street downtown.
The English Montreal School Board announced Friday it's opening its vacant St. Raphael School building in the Villeray neighbourhood for refugees.
The community agency Sun Youth is also helping out the people, mostly Haitians, who have arrived in the past month.
Executive director Sid Stevens says Sun Youth's resources are also being stretched, and it's in dire need of diapers, hygiene products and food.
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是遇害人的名字还是疑犯的名字？
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据统计Montreal的第三大语言已经是阿拉伯语，普通话第五
