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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canadian minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ amid Trump migrant threat

Sign on Canadian border
A sign outside Emerson, Manitoba, on the US-Canadian border. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Canada’s immigration minister has said “not everyone is welcome” in the country as officials brace for an increase of migrants when Donald Trump returns to the White House with a pledge to carry out mass deportations.

The minister’s warning, seven years after Justin Trudeau promised that “Canadians will welcome” asylum seekers, reflects a stark shift in tone amid waning support for immigration and refugee resettlement in the country, according to migration experts.

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