Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday that his country will begin deporting migrants and refugees, many of them from Latin America, who enter its territory through unofficial ports of entry after crossing the United States at midnight.
Trudeau made the announcement during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden, who is visiting Canada and after the two countries reached a new immigration deal.
The agreement aims to address concerns expressed by Canada over the growing number of asylum seekers, many from Latin America, who have arrived in its territory in recent months due to the difficulty of doing so in the United States. due to new restrictions imposed by Biden. .
Specifically, the agreement will allow Canada to deport migrants who cross the border between the two countries through crossings that are not official ports of entry to the United States.
This point will resolve the problems at the Roxham Road border crossing between the province of Quebec (Canada) and the state of New York (United States) and through which hundreds of people have entered to seek refuge in Canada. people in recent months.
In exchange for the acceleration of these deportations, Canada has undertaken to receive 15,000 migrants from the American continent next year.
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