US EditionAsylum claims at Quebec border crossing doubled between March and April
- The Canada Border Services Agency reported 2,733 asylum claims in April 2025 at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing south of Montreal.
- This increase followed a steady rise connected to President Donald Trump's move to end temporary protected status for Venezuelan and Haitian nationals.
- The April claims represent a fourfold increase compared to 670 claims at the same crossing in April 2024, while overall Canadian asylum claims fell by half this year.
- This year, the border agency sent back 1,439 individuals to the U.S. And has stepped up efforts to remove those deemed inadmissible, emphasizing that asylum requests from the U.S. Are only accepted under specific exceptions outlined in the Safe Third Country Agreement.
- This pattern suggests the Quebec crossing faces localized pressure due to U.S. Policy changes, while Canada's overall asylum claims declined in early 2025.
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Quebec border sees asylum claims double between March and April
Asylum claims doubled at a Quebec border crossing in April as the Trump administration seeks to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of migrants. That's a fourfold increase over the same period last year.
Asylum applications doubled at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing
Asylum applications doubled at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing in April, with the Trump administration seeking to deprive hundreds of thousands of migrants of their legal protections.
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Asylum claims at Quebec border crossing doubled between March and April
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Claims doubled at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing - Canada French
MONTREAL — Asylum applications doubled at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing in April, with the Trump administration seeking to deprive hundreds of thousands of migrants of their legal protections. The Canada Border Services Agency reports that 2733 asylum applications were filed in April at the Montérégie border crossing, compared to 1356 in March and 755 in February. This is a fourfold increase compared to the same period last year, …
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