Supreme Court of Canada upholds Safe Third Country Agreement

Jun 16, 2023
The Canadian Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet migrants as they enter into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet migrants as they enter into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Canada’s highest court has deemed the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers across the shared border to be constitutional.

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