The report, released Wednesday by Harvard’s immigration and refugee clinical program, comes on the heels of the arrival of 22 asylum seekers from North Dakota, including a child and a baby, caught walking in thick snow across an unguarded border into Manitoba last weekend. A growing chorus of legal experts on both sides of the border is calling on Ottawa to suspend a bilateral pact that bans asylum seekers from crossing border for protection, warning the U.S. is unsafe for refugees. “We are a country of immigrants, and Canadians have always acted with compassion (toward) those seeking safety for themselves and their families,” Trudeau told MPs. Claimants are banned from entering the other country for asylum unless they belong to one of four exemption groups. “These are the expected consequences when Canada is closing its front door to asylum seekers via the U.S. and not let them in lawfully,” said Rehaag.

Source: thestar February 08, 2017 23:44 UTC