MONTREAL — Faced with a growing influx of asylum seekers from the United States, Ottawa dispatched about 100 Canadian soldiers Wednesday to build a temporary camp near the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec. The temporary facility is being built in anticipation of a large influx of asylum seekers from the U.S., said Stephane Malepart, a spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency. Canada's Third Safe Country agreement with the U.S. means that most asylum seekers who attempt to cross at legal border crossings are turned away because the U.S. is considered a safe country. The majority of those asylum seekers, or 3,350 people, crossed into Quebec, while 646 crossed into Manitoba and 332 people crossed into British Columbia. Municipal authorities in Montreal had to create a temporary shelter at the city's Olympic Stadium last week to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers.

Source: The China Post August 10, 2017 05:03 UTC