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Canada top court upholds migrant pact with the US

2023-06-16 14:06
The Supreme Court ruling rejects arguments that a Canada-US asylum pact was unconstitutional.
Canada top court upholds migrant pact with the US

Canada's Supreme Court has upheld an asylum pact between Canada and the United States.

The pact - the 2004 Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) - designates the US as a "safe" country for migrants.

It requires refugee claimants to request asylum in the first of the two countries they reach...