asylum seekers

Would-be Canadians need more than just a desire for a better economic future if they expect to be granted refugee status in this country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017.

With the future of the Immigration and Refugee Board under review, one thing is certain, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017: it needs to remain independent.

The federal government sought on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, to introduce more stability into Canada's immigration system by introducing a plan that sets out a gradual rise in admissions over the next three years.

The wave of asylum seekers from the U.S. is sparking political tensions in Quebec as the Parti Québécois leader accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of encouraging migrants.

Their lives changed in an instant that July day when the government letter arrived telling them that her work permit was not being renewed.

A spokesman for Quebec's employment minister says the provincial government will hand out welfare cheques to several thousand asylum seekers next week.

Opposition leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberal government should designate the illegal entry points into Canada being used by thousands of asylum seekers as official crossings.

Despite growing criticism, Prime Minister Trudeau insisted his government has been up to the task and that new measures are yielding "positive results".

The federal-provincial task force charged with managing an unprecedented flow of asylum seekers over the Canada-U.S. border will meet on Aug. 23, 2017 in Montreal.

Protests pitting pro-refugee groups against those opposed to "illegal immigration" have Quebec's premier worried things might get out of hand.

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Quebec's opposition parties are encouraging far-right groups in the province, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday in response to reports of anti-immigration banners being displayed in Quebec City.

Twenty officials from the Immigration and Refugee Board have been assigned to focus exclusively on deciding asylum claims lodged by people crossing illegally into Quebec.

Officials in Montreal have opened a new temporary shelter for asylum seekers in a building that once housed a convent.

Several in the crowd said they had come to Canada as immigrants themselves and wanted to show their support for the newcomers.