After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end U.S-Canada asylum pact grow louder

Protesters gather for Refugee Rights Day in front of Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's constituency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kyaw Soe Oo

(This April 4 story has been corrected to fix the name to Hussan from Hassan, in paragraphs 4 and 5)

TORONTO (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country.