US and Canada reach deal to reject asylum seekers – reports

The United States and Canada have agreed to expel asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, according to news outlets.

US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce the deal on Friday, US and Canadian media reported.

The agreement is expected to allow officials on both sides of the border to turn back asylum seekers heading in either direction.

On the US side, too, the transit of immigrants from Canada is increasing.

The move is part of an effort to limit the influx of immigrants on Wroxham Road, an unofficial crossroads connecting New York and Quebec.

As part of the deal, Canada will create a new refugee program for 15,000 migrants fleeing persecution and violence in Latin America, an unnamed official told news outlets.

Mr. Biden has been in Ottawa, Canada for 24 hours, speaking with Mr. Trudeau on a range of economic, trade and immigration issues. An immigration deal is expected to be announced before he returns to the US on Friday.

The agreement is an amendment to the 2004 Safe Third Country Agreement between the two countries, which requires immigrants to apply for asylum in the United States or Canada, the “safe” country they first arrived in.

The new arrangement will close loopholes in safe third country agreements that have prevented Canada from shunning people crossing the border at unofficial border crossings.

This loophole led immigrants to enter Canada from places such as Wroxham Road.

New York City officials announced last month that they were offering free bus tickets for immigrants to travel toward the U.S. border with Canada.

Negotiations on a new U.S.-Canada border agreement have reportedly stalled for months. U.S. officials were reportedly unwilling to rework the deal because it was bogged down by the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Biden administration has also proposed plans to crack down on asylum seekers at the southern US border with Mexico by making it more difficult for immigrants to apply for asylum once Covid border controls are lifted in May. Yes. The proposal received backlash from human rights groups.

The new U.S.-Canada agreement does not require U.S. Congressional approval and could go into effect immediately.

Prime Minister Trudeau has argued that the only way to stop irregular border crossings on Wroxham Road is to renegotiate the Safe Third Country Agreement.