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July 23, 2020

Safe Third Country Agreement violates rights, says court

Refugees in Lacolle, Que., sit outside one of the tents set up to house the influx of asylum- seekers near the U.S. border Aug. 10, 2017.

Canada’s Federal Court has ruled the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by sending refugees who arrive at Canada’s land borders back to detention in the United States. 

Published in Canada