Canada is seeing a sharp increase in asylum-seekers entering through a border crossing between New York and the province of Quebec, as President Donald Trump’s policies drive away migrants and even some U.S. citizens.
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Canadian officials have received more than 5,500 asylum claims since the beginning of July at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing, south of Montreal. That’s a 263 per cent increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency. Across Canada, the number of asylum claims made at the country’s land border posts jumped 30 per cent in the first half of the year, even though the overall number of claims declined, with tightening entry requirements resulting in fewer asylum-seekers at airports. Haitians are by far the largest group, followed by U.S. citizens — often the American-born children of undocumented parents, according to experts — and Venezuelans.
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