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Al Jazeera
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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

What the new US-Canada border deal means for asylum seekers

Asylum seekers arrive by taxi to cross from the United States to Canada on Roxham Road in Champlain, New York [File: Christinne Muschi/Reuters]

Montreal, Quebec – Canada and the United States have announced an agreement that expands their authority to expel asylum seekers who cross the nations’ shared border at unofficial points of entry, drawing condemnation from human rights advocates.

The deal, which the Canadian government said would come into effect early on Saturday, effectively extends the so-called Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) to the entire US-Canada border.

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