Asylum claims dipped last month but numbers remain up over last year
Source:
The Canadian Press
Date:
16 Sep 2019
New statistics released Monday show a slight dip in the number of people intercepted at the Canada-U.S. border last month trying to cross unofficially to claim asylum.
Last month, 1,762 people were stopped by the RCMP as they crossed into Canada from the U.S. at informal border points, down from 1,874 in July.
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Article