Canada has adequate resources to deal with asylum-seekers: Goodale

Several federal agencies are planning for the possibility that warmer weather will bring even more people trying to cross the border A woman walks towards the border to cross at the U.S.-Canada border after arriving in a taxi with a group that claimed to be from Syria into Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2017. OTTAWA – Canada’s national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need – for now – to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum, the federal minister in charge said Tuesday.

Dramatic photos show asylum seekers crossing into Canada

Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada from the US across unmanned borders every day amid fears of Trump’s crackdown on immigration As of February 13, some 3,800 people had made an asylum claim in 2017, up from the same period last year Heartbreaking photos show asylum seekers flooding into Canada across unmanned borders every day from the United States amid fears of a Donald Trump presidency. The number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at isolated and unguarded border crossings has increased in recent weeks as many believe Trump will start expelling illegal immigrants.