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A young person waits with their families belongings after getting off a bus and waiting for a taxi to cross into Canada at Roxham Road, an unofficial crossing point from New York State to Quebec, in Plattsburgh, New York, US March 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters
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Canadian police brace for 'worst-case scenario' of asylum-seekers fleeing Trump

When Trump first came to power in 2017, thousands of asylum-seekers crossed into Canada between formal border crossings to file refugee claims – overwhelmingly at Roxham Road, near the Quebec-New...

Olivier Nanfah crosses into Canada at Roxham Road, an unofficial crossing point from New York State to Quebec for asylum seekers, in Champlain, New York, U.S. March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Canada's top Court upholds asylum-seeker pact with US to control flow of refugees

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar migrants to be deported from Malaysia are seen inside an immigration truck, in Lumut, Malaysia February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
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Asylum-seekers, children among Myanmar deportees from Malaysia: rights groups

Cuban migrants, under the "Remain in Mexico" program, celebrate after media announced that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Biden win bolsters asylum seekers' hopes of policy shift

A family, claiming to be from Colombia, gets set to cross the border into Canada from the United States as asylum seekers on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 near Champlain, NY / The Canadian Press
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Canada defends 'Safe Third Country' pact with US as court wraps up

US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers
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US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers

Honduran asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US under Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) pass the time at a makeshift encampment near the US port of entry at the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, August 24, 2019/ Reuters
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Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has 'broken' border courts

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Australia intercepts Sri Lankan boat with 13 asylum seekers