Seekers: Asylum Seekers

seekers: Avenue 0 How U.S. asylum seekers are finding their way to British Columbia Scrap safe country pact with U.S., advocates and professors urge Ottawa Here's how Canadian taxpayers and private agencies help asylum seekers The RCMP has arrested nearly half as many asylum seekers already this year as they did in all of 2016, according to CBC. And, advocates for those asylum seekers warn the agreement gives people incentive to cross irregularly, potentially putting themselves at harm. There's absolutely no need to tinker with the Safe Third Country Agreement. The agreement forces people to cross with their families. A question about the future of the act was also posed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday while in Winnipeg. There are pregnant women that are crossing, children crossing in really dangerous situations where people are facing severe frostbite, said Harsha Walia with refugee advocacy group No One is Illegal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.