Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country.
pact was amended, allowing refugee claimants to seek asylum in the first safe country they arrive in.
Syed Hassan, the executive director of Migrant Workers Alliance, the group which organized the protest, said the petition had thousands of signatures calling for the end of STCA and demanding permanent resident status for all migrants. STCA, which took effect in 2004, aimed to control the migration of asylum seekers. Under the original agreement, asylum seekers trying to cross from the United States into Canada or vice versa at formal border crossings are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first "safe" country they arrived in.
Critics say this policy separates families and pushes immigrants to try to cross the border via deadly informal routes.from two families died last week trying to enter the United States from Canada by boat across the St. Lawrence River near Akwesasne, Quebec.
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