Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged on Thursday to give money to provinces that host asylum seekers coming from the United States into Canada illegally.
He said the federal government would “absolutely” provide support.
“Over the past years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of irregular asylum seekers that cross into Canada at Roxham Road in Quebec, and the Quebec government and Quebecers themselves have been extraordinarily generous in welcoming and supporting the vast, vast majority of irregular asylum seekers in this country,” said Trudeau.
It is “great news” that Atlantic provinces are looking into bringing in asylum seekers while their claims are reviewed, said the prime minister at a Feb. 23 news conference. Quebec is “seeing its capacity stretched to the limits,” he added….