It’s a little bit unnerving,” said Greg Janzen, reeve of the small Manitoba border community. Maggie Yeboah, president of the Ghanaian Union of Manitoba, said she was shocked when she heard about the death. But many asylum seekers have been bypassing official ports of entry because of the fear they will be turned away. From January through April, more than 2,700 asylum seekers were intercepted between ports of entry, according to the most recent federal data. He urged the federal government to consider withdrawing from the Safe Third Country Agreement so that asylum seekers wouldn’t have to risk their lives.

Source: National Post June 01, 2017 00:33 UTC