Protestors gather to demonstrate calling the Canadian government to regularize undocumented migrants in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on MArch 16, 2024. Quebec will not get full power over which immigrants it takes in, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 15, 2024 after meeting with Premier Francois Legault. At the meeting in Montreal, Legault, who has said Quebec cannot take in more asylum seekers, asked Trudeau for the federal government to transfer all immigration powers to Quebec. Quebec and Canada have an agreement that allows the province to keep some measure of control over the number of immigrants it accepts. But the federal government is responsible for national standards related to immigration and the admission and control of visitors. (Credit: Photo by Mathiew LEISER / AFP) (Photo by MATHIEW LEISER/AFP via Getty Images)
Refugee rights groups have launched a Federal Court challenge alleging that Canada is returning asylum seekers to the United States without providing safeguards required by the Supreme Court of Canada, exposing some claimants to detention, deportation and other rights violations.
The case, filed by Amnesty International Canada and the Canadian Council for Refugees, argues that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is failing to properly apply exceptions established when the Supreme Court upheld the Safe Third Country Agreement in 2023.
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