abunchofstuff replied to your post “CANADIANS ALERT”
Are they thinking about removing the loophole allowing refugees to walk across the border at non-official crossings?
No, it’s not that-- but understand, those people are being arrested when they arrive. They are not being welcomed in Canada. They are coming into open arms and being given shelter, and it makes for great dramatic visuals and cute stories, but under the current law, they will be deported.
They won’t have to go to the US’s horrible horrible detention centers, which I can’t believe are real-- that’s why they’re fleeing. But they won’t be safe either. They will be deported.
I urge you to click through the link-- err, or Google, I guess the original post didn’t have a link-- and read up on the Third Safe Country agreement-- as it stands, any refugee turned away by the US cannot seek asylum in Canada, because the US is presumed to be a safe country. Clearly this is not the case, clearly the agreement needs to be revisited.
