Trump’s halting of asylum claims prompts fresh calls to suspend Safe Third Country Agreement
Lawyers and refugee experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that his country will halt all asylum claims should prompt the Canadian government to suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement, which they say is now unworkable.
The agreement mandates that asylum seekers must make a claim in the first country they arrive in, which allows Canada to turn away potential refugee claimants who enter the country from the United States as it is considered safe there.
“Lawyers and refugee experts” = snakes.
