Montreal, Canada – Canada’s top court is set to hear a case that could upend a decades-old agreement that allows Canadian authorities to turn most asylum seekers away at the sprawling land border with the United States.
While global attention has largely focused on the US’s southern border with Mexico, human rights groups in Canada have long argued the situation at the northern border is equally precarious – and after a years-long court battle, their effort to end the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is going before the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Thursday.
