In 2016, officials said, there were 459 asylum seekers in city shelters — 11 per cent of the total. This month, the number was approaching 2,400, and 40 per cent of the system. Quebec, its own services overloaded, recently reached an agreement with the federal government to disperse the thousands of arrivals across the country. Only by reducing, enormously, the processing time and stepping up the enforcement of removal orders can Canada address the problem at the source: the border. Pending major progress there, this is a problem we have to deal with right now by ourselves.

Source: National Post April 27, 2018 21:09 UTC