Video: The contentious loophole in a Canada-U.S. immigration border pact - The Globe and Mail

Deborah Baic

Michelle Carbert

Susan Krashinsky RobertsonRetailing reporter

Published October 10, 2019

The Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S. says a refugee claimant must seek asylum in the first of the two countries they arrive in, but it doesn’t cover asylum seekers who arrive in Canada via non-official border crossings.

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