“It’s too late to fix the immigration disaster the Liberal government created (and yes, it’s one created amid warnings about housing pressures, about eroding public confidence in our vetting system, and about undermining the objectives of certain immigration streams. But the government can and should act to get ahead of the next phase of Canada’s immigration debacle.
It is plainly obvious that Canada is spiralling toward a full-blown refugee crisis. There are clear signs: the number of refugee claims by people arriving at airports exploded in recent years thanks to the government’s 2016 decision to waive the visa requirement for travellers from Mexico (which was reinstated earlier this year), along with the decision to scrap the requirement that travellers from certain regions have return tickets before arriving. In 2023, 41,350 asylum claims were made at air ports of entry; in 2016 that figure was 3,040 – an increase of over 1,200 per cent. In 2023, 25,236 Mexican nationals claimed asylum in Canada, compared with just 250 in 2016. As of June, 2024, there are 29,146 claims from Mexican nationals still waiting to be heard.
But it’s not just at airports. Immigration Minister Marc Miller noted in a Global News interview last month that his department is observing an “alarming trend” of international students claiming asylum once in Canada: nearly 13,000 so far this year”
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“It’s too late to fix the immigration disaster the Liberal government created (and yes, it’s one created amid warnings about housing pressures, about eroding public confidence in our vetting system, and about undermining the objectives of certain immigration streams. But the government can and should act to get ahead of the next phase of Canada’s immigration debacle.
It is plainly obvious that Canada is spiralling toward a full-blown refugee crisis. There are clear signs: the number of refugee claims by people arriving at airports exploded in recent years thanks to the government’s 2016 decision to waive the visa requirement for travellers from Mexico (which was reinstated earlier this year), along with the decision to scrap the requirement that travellers from certain regions have return tickets before arriving. In 2023, 41,350 asylum claims were made at air ports of entry; in 2016 that figure was 3,040 – an increase of over 1,200 per cent. In 2023, 25,236 Mexican nationals claimed asylum in Canada, compared with just 250 in 2016. As of June, 2024, there are 29,146 claims from Mexican nationals still waiting to be heard.
But it’s not just at airports. Immigration Minister Marc Miller noted in a Global News interview last month that his department is observing an “alarming trend” of international students claiming asylum once in Canada: nearly 13,000 so far this year”
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Agreed!
Not going to happen until there’s a change in government. The Liberals and their supporters have really fucked this country up.
All they had to do was nothing. What is the point in all of this.
Forgot I had to pay to watch news on internet💀
Canada is sleepwalking, should have left it at that
Sunny ways my friends
Sleepwalking? It looks like a full speed, eyes open, train running into a volcano to me.
Canada has been sleep walking since 2015 😔