The Federal Government faces accusations of scaling back its commitment to welcome 15,000 humanitarian migrants in exchange for closing the land border to asylum seekers. Instead, Ottawa now plans to allocate 4,000 spots to temporary foreign workers. The remaining 11,000 spots for permanent residence are limited to individuals from Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela. This change is being criticized as a reduction in Canada’s commitment to protecting refugees. The Canadian Council for Refugees has expressed deep disappointment with the government’s decision, stating that the temporary foreign worker program does not provide humanitarian support and is primarily driven by Canadian economic needs. In March, Canada and the United States expanded the Safe Third Country Agreement to cover the shared border, closing a loophole that previously allowed irregular migrants to seek asylum through unguarded border crossings.
The Canadian Council for Refugees criticized the Safe Third Country Agreement with the US
