A Haitian migrant family became one of the last to possibly benefit from a loophole in a decades-old asylum agreement on Friday.
as they illegally entered Canada minutes before the modifications kicked in, limiting opportunities for some asylum seekers such as them. The family was in such a rush to arrive in Canada ahead of the new guidelines that they left their luggage on the U.S. side of the border, WCAX reported., migrants seeking asylum risk being promptly returned to the U.S. if they enter Canada illegally, unless they qualify for exceptions listed under the revised Safe Third Country Agreement, or STCA.
A loophole in the agreement included an incentive to use the irregular border crossing Roxham Road, a remote street that connects Champlain, New York, with Hemmingford, Quebec. Trudeau has faced blowback domestically over hundreds of migrants crossing the road and the changes to the agreement mark a significant change in how Canada accepts asylum seekers.
Crossings between ports of entry were not initially included in the agreement because of limitations to information sharing, experts say, prompting Canada to try to close that loophole now that those limitations have been lessened.The immigration deal announced by U.S.
"We're about 20 minutes from the Canadian border. We have not received any direct communication from federal agencies," added Cashman, who visited the Roxham Road crossing Saturday.
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