The influx overwhelmed Canadian immigration authorities, who scrambled to open temporary shelters during the summer, including briefly converting part of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium into temporary housing. By hiking through rural communities, the migrants to Canada are largely bypassing a 2002 agreement between the United States and Canada that was designed to manage movement between the countries. “I got scared and scared for my son.”So she paid someone $600 to drive her to the Canadian border, she said. Safe Third Country Agreement should be suspended so that migrants can claim asylum at official border crossings. “If it is determined that the subject being questioned has valid immigration status, the subject is released and is allowed to continue with their travels,” the agency statement said.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2017 00:51 UTC