Haitian Asylum Seekers

• Legault backs minister who said Quebec can’t offer asylum from ‘all world’s misery’

  Legault told reporters Thursday in Sherrington, Que., that the sheer numbers are stretching Quebec's social security net to the limit.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2025
  
• Montreal protesters urge Ottawa to halt Haiti deportations after travel advisory issued

  Organizers say federal officials shouldn't be deporting people to Haiti at the same time they're warning Canadians to avoid all non-essential travel to the Caribbean nation due to political unrest and the risk of violence.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2018
  
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• The Mounties’ Muslim-targeting border quiz was stupid and pointless

  If the RCMP really wants to do a threat assessment of someone at the border, there are far more effective ways of determining if someone is a supporter of ISIS or the Taliban, a neo-Nazi or a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard.

  Commentary

  Oct 13, 2017
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• Haitian asylum seekers flee to Canada after Trump proposes end to protected status

  In mid-July, the Trump administration announced it might end their "temporary protected status" which was granted following Haiti's massive 2010 earthquake.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2017
• Montreal MP in Miami warns Haitian community of misinformation regarding asylum in Canada

  Haitian-born Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg spent several days in Miami as part of the federal government’s efforts to address the flow of Haitians crossing illegally into Canada to seek asylum.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2017
• Bob Layton editorial: The emperor has no clothes

  Do you agree with the prime minister when he says our immigration system is working as it should?

  Aug 24, 2017
• Trudeau government fearful a massive refugee surge could hurt 2019 re-election campaign

  Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a 2019 election.

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2017
• Asylum seekers get health-care benefits first, eligibility questions later

  The massive number of asylum seekers coming across the border has led to processing delays, with people receiving benefits in the meantime.

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2017
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• Cornwall, Ont., officials seek answers on arrival of Haitian asylum seekers

  A Cornwall police spokesman says almost 300 Haitians have arrived recently.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2017
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• Haitian-born Liberal MP off to Miami over asylum seekers coming to Canada

  Emmanuel Dubourg was appointed to a federal-provincial task force after thousands of people — mostly Haitians — crossed into Quebec since July.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2017