The number of asylum seekers fleeing the United States is increasing, hoping to seek asylum in Canada, even though they face arrest there after crossing the border illegally.
Canada's Royal Cavalry Police have arrested about 7,000 asylum seekers in recent weeks in Quebec County, eastern Canada, including about 3,000 in July and 4,000 in the first half of August, compared to only a few hundred a month in the six months The first of this year.
The vast majority of refugees coming to Canada are from Haiti, as well as from Syria and Yemen, according to the report published by CNN.
Asylum seekers fear the new Trump administration's attitude towards immigrants and the growing racism in the United States after Trump came to power in the White House.
The agency for the integration of asylum seekers in Quebec said hundreds of migrants crossed the US-Canada border daily over the past two months, and officials confirmed that 250 people were crossing the border illegally today.
Asylum-seekers apply for the move, as they are allowed to seek asylum in Canada even after being arrested by the Canadian police.
It is noteworthy that 59 thousand Haitians received a "temporary protection status" in the United States of America after the devastating earthquake in their country in 2010, but the Trump administration has warned that it will not renew this situation for refugees from Haiti after the end in January 2018 Next.
However, it appears that Canada, too, does not represent a safe haven for asylum seekers. The immigration agency in Quebec said the arrival of immigrants from poor countries does not automatically make them refugees and does not guarantee asylum in Canada. "There will be no open door policy," the agency's executive director said.