U.S. President Donald Trump’s treatment of migrants and refugees was on trial in a Canadian court on Monday as human rights and refugee lawyers argued that his punitive policies have made America unsafe for asylum seekers. In a packed hearing room in Toronto, the Federal Court of Canada was asked to strike down the so-called Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement, under which both countries deem themselves to be safe havens for refugees and agree to ban would-be claimants from entering either country at official border crossings. Her asylum hearing has yet to be scheduled. Sign Up Now“The family separation policy that hit the headlines is something unique,” Salsberg told the court.

Source: thestar November 05, 2019 02:03 UTC