More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board.

Their share of total refugee claims – 245 of about 55,000 – is small and Canada’s acceptance of U.S. refugee claims has historically been low. Asylum-seekers from other countries crossing the land border from the U.S. are sent back under a bilateral agreement with the reasoning that they should apply for asylum in the first “safe” country they arrived in.

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    And what pray tell have you done there bucko.

    You going to take up arms and protect them from the daily physical harassment and threats of violence on a daily basis?

    No? Then maybe take your hot take and shove it.