Toronto: Canada ended its pandemic policy to turn back asylum seekers who tried to cross into the country between the port in, according to the revised policy document released on Sunday.
Canada changed at least 544 will – become refugees back to unit states between March 2020 and mid-October. The government does not immediately respond to the question of why it ends the current policy and what if there are quarantine rules that apply to asylum seekers who are not vaccinated.
Canada said the move needed to be given a health problem during the coronavirus pandemic. But the refugee advocates believe efforts to claim asylum should not be considered “discretionary trips” and point to the exception of Canadian classes made during a pandemic for professional athletes, among others.
“It is relieving to see steps for refugees more with our international obligations, and I think it is clear throughout the public health and refugee protection can coexist,” said Maureen Silcoff, a lawyer lawyer and president of the Canadian Association. Refugee lawyers, who bring the government to court on the policy.
Silcoff said it didn’t make sense to allow tourists, because Canada began to do, while restrictions were seeking protection.
An unknown asylum seeker was brought into an unlimited US immigration detention and at least two deported, refugee lawyers worked in the case they said.
Exceptions have been available because the policy starts, and in August Canada begins to allow more asylum seekers that change back and submit claims of refugees as part of what is called “managed approach to reopen the border border.”
But the advocates say this option is only open for those who realize it or who have legal counsel familiar with the Canadian shift system. The government defended the court policy last month.
Canada has a secure third state agreement with the US where asylum seekers try to cross in the port of officially return. The agreement was challenged twice, the most recent enforcement of the last spring and could go to the Canadian Supreme Court.