Posted on 08/04/2017 11:21:57 AM PDT by Brilliant
Canada is on pace to process a record number of asylum seekers this year... as the country tries to keep up with a recent wave of Haitians crossing the border from the U.S.
Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil said Thursday the province has seen a sudden increase in Haitian refugees after the Trump administration said in May the U.S. will end its temporary protections for those displaced by Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010.
Ms. Weil said the pace of claims has tripled to 150 a day in the past two weeks, leading officials to scramble to find temporary accommodations for the asylum seekers. The province of Quebec is on track to process 12,000 asylum seekers in all of 2017, nearly as much as what the entire country handled last year.
The sudden surge of refugees in recent weeks into Montreal has forced local authorities to turn the city’s Olympic Stadium... into a temporary shelter on Wednesday. The stadium is equipped with enough cots, blankets and personal hygiene kits to accommodate 600 people...
“We have a strong, competent and experienced public and community network to deal with this type of situation and will offer dignified and safe care for these people during the processing of their asylum applications,” Ms. Weil said.
The province took in between 1,500 and 2,500 refugees last month. Most entered Canada from a makeshift border crossing about 50 miles south of Montreal on the Quebec-New York border. That compares to 180 people in July 2016...
The influx of Haitian refugees to Quebec mirrors a similar situation earlier in the year as hundreds of people, many from such African countries as Somalia and Djibouti, crossed illegally into Canada’s central province of Manitoba, braving subzero temperatures and snow-covered fields as U.S. President Donald Trump pushed to tighten immigration rules...
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Maybe we should distribute brochures on how to apply for and get the most benefits in Canada. Then add free one-way Amtrak train fare to the border. That might encourage another surge.
‘Virtue Signaling’ has its consequences!
Agreed. The consequences are then faced by the unsuspecting recipients of a sudden influx of persons. Those who make these statements are often nowhere to be found.
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