Canada’s government is reimposing some visa necessities on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official aware of the matter informed The Related Press on Wednesday.
Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal authorities to sluggish the inflow of refugees which he says has been straining sources.
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The official spoke on situation of anonymity as they weren’t licensed to talk forward of the Thursday announcement. The official mentioned the brand new guidelines will take impact late Thursday and so they will not imply an entire return to pre-2016 guidelines. Canada’s immigration minister is anticipated to announce particulars.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s authorities lifted the visa requirement for Mexican guests in late 2016, eradicating a serious irritant in relations between the 2 nations.
However Canadian Immigration Minister Mac Miller has mentioned asylum claims from Mexico have shot up since Canada lifted the visa restriction in 2016. Canada eliminating visa free journey from Mexico can also be anticipated to scale back the variety of unlawful crossings of Mexicans into the U.S. from Canada.
In 2023, Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board had 17,490 claims from Mexico, making up 19% of claims referred that yr. A yr prior, the quantity was 7,483 making up 12% of claims.
Beforehand, refugee service suppliers in Montreal have mentioned that Mexican households are fleeing violence, insecurity and an absence of jobs in Mexico.
Canada solely grants asylum to folks it believes can’t safely reside in any a part of their residence nation as a result of officers are unable or unwilling to offer these circumstances.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer informs a migrant couple of the placement of a authorized border station, shortly earlier than they illegally crossed from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, utilizing Roxham Highway. Canada’s authorities is reimposing some visa necessities on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official aware of the matter informed The Related Press on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal authorities to sluggish the inflow of refugees which he says has been straining sources. (AP Photograph/Charles Krupa)
Throughout his day by day press briefing Wednesday morning, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged Canada was going to announce actions when he took a reporter’s query about potential U.S. tariffs on Mexican metal exports and launched right into a rambling criticism a few lack of respect coming from Mexico’s North American neighbors.
The president mentioned that conservative forces in Mexico had been lobbying in america and Canada for actions that may mirror poorly on his administration. He talked about U.S. complaints about fentanyl manufacturing in Mexico and assertions by each the U.S. and Canada that Mexico was not doing its half to manage immigration flows.
“The immigration issue, it’s Mexico’s fault,” López Obrador mocked. “’We’re going to build a wall and that’s how we’ll solve the problem. We’re going to militarize the border and that’s how we’ll solve the problem.’”
“And now Canada is doing the same, they’re wanting to take measures against Mexico; we really regret it,” López Obrador mentioned. “They’re negotiating to reach an agreement, that we can control the migration flows to Canada, as we always have. And we have acted generously toward them, with the administration of Prime Minister Trudeau, but they were already at the point of imposing unilateral measures, right now, when there are elections in Mexico.”
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López Obrador additionally raised the likelihood that he wouldn’t attend the North American Leaders’ Summit, scheduled for April in Quebec. “If there isn’t respectful treatment, I don’t participate,” he mentioned.
