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October 29, 2020

Safe Third Country rules remain in place

A Haitian man talks with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer as he waits to cross the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec in 2017.

With an Oct. 26 ruling that keeps the status quo at the U.S.-Canada border, asylum seekers will continue to be sent back into indefinite detention in American jails before eventually being deported back to the countries they are fleeing.

Published in Canada
April 24, 2019

‘Devastating’ decision to cut legal aid for refugees

A man who claimed to be from Sudan has his and his family's passports checked by a U.S. border patrol officer Feb. 17 at the U.S.-Canada border.

Updated 04/25/19 with letter from the Sisters of St. Joseph

A cut to legal aid in Ontario for migrants and refugees is “devastating” and will put people’s lives in danger, according to the Canadian Council for Refugees.

Published in Canada
July 6, 2017

Safe Third Country Agreement faces legal challenge

A man who told police he was from Mauritania is taken into custody Feb. 14 by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Canada’s major churches, the Canadian Council for Refugees and Amnesty International Canada are taking the federal government to court, hoping to strike down a 13-year-old agreement between the United States and Canada on treatment of refugees.

Published in Canada