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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Anna Mehler Paperny

Analysis-Canada top court ruling on asylum-seeker pact with U.S. may have ripple effects, lawyers say

FILE PHOTO: Asylum seekers cross into Canada from the U.S. border near a checkpoint on Roxham Road near Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo

A years-long fight over what Canada owes would-be refugees will have its day in the country's highest court Thursday and the decision could have implications beyond the asylum system, affecting how Canada's laws are challenged and how people prove their rights have been breached.

The court will be asked to decide whether Canada can trust the United States to respect vulnerable people's rights and under what circumstances Canada is responsible if the U.S. asylum and detention systems breach them.

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