Canada budgets $902m to stop thousands of illegal Nigerian migrants
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The Canadian government has
budgeted the sum of $902 million, over a period of five years, to arrest
the surge of migrants who illegally cross into the country from the
United States of America.
Nigerians make up a sizeable majority of thousands of people who have illegally crossed into Canada from the U.S. to file refugee claims since January 2017.
In the annual budget that was presented by Canada's Finance Minister, Bill Morneau,
to the House of Commons on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, $902 million
(C$1.18 billion) will be spent over five years, beginning in the 2019-20
fiscal year, on border security and modernisation, and for the asylum
system.
"To ensure that our asylum system
is fair and effective - supporting Canada's reputation as a country
that is welcoming as well as governed by the rule of law - we will
invest in a comprehensive Border Enforcement Strategy, to better detect
and intercept people who cross into Canada irregularly and those that
attempt to exploit our immigration system," he said.
According to the budget document, the comprehensive Border Enforcement Strategy will help to effectively "detect and intercept individuals who cross Canadian borders irregularly and who try to exploit Canada's immigration system".
"Failed asylum claimants who entered into
Canada at irregular crossings or between official ports of entry will
also be removed on a priority basis," the document reads.
To do this, additional resources are to be
provided to strengthen processes at the border, and accelerate the
processing of claims and removals. This, according to the government, is
to ensure the asylum system remains available to those genuinely in
need of refugee protection.
"New resources for immigration and refugee
legal aid will build on previous investments, supporting the delivery
of legal services, while new Federal Court judicial positions will help
ensure efficient and timely processing of asylum claimants seeking
judicial review.
"To do this, the Government intends to introduce amendments to the Federal Courts Act to create three new judicial positions," the document reads.
The budget also seeks to support public awareness
activities that will help vulnerable newcomers and applicants protect
themselves against fraudulent immigration consultants. This will be done
by improving oversight of immigration consultants and strengthening
compliance and enforcement measures.
To implement the measures that'll more
effectively manage, discourage and prevent irregular migration, the
Canadian government seeks to introduce legislation and propose
amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the
Citizenship Act.
Nigerians are some of the most frequent border-crossers into Canada
The influx of migrants into Canada over the
past two has been a political liability for the liberal government
headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
A December 2018 report revealed that each asylum
seeker crossing at irregular border points from the U.S. costs Canada an
average $14,321, with the number of border-crossers between April 2017
and March 2018 costing various federal bodies $340 million to process.
The report also projected that the individual cost will rise to $16,666
by March 2020.
The increased wave of illegal immigrants into Canada kicked off after U.S. president, Donald Trump, threatened in 2017 to review the Temporary Protected Status of thousands of foreign nationals in his country.
Many of the Nigerian asylum claimants who crossed from the U.S. into
Canada through unrecognised entry points were observed to have arrived
bearing valid U.S. visas after having spent very little time in the
States.
Between June 2017 and May 2018, Canadian
authorities intercepted more than 7,600 Nigerian asylum seekers with 81%
of them having valid U.S. non-immigrant visas in their possession.
The trend of illegal border-crossers from
Nigeria worried the Canadian government so much that two officials were
sent to Lagos in 2018 to work directly with their counterparts in the
U.S. visa office to collaborate on how to lower the number of migrants who eventually end up making asylum claims in Canada.
More recently, the Canadian government adopted a new stringent policy to deal with asylum seekers who illegally cross into the country from the U.S.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the agency responsible for deportations, disclosed that it now classifies border-crossers as a top deportation priority.
This means quicker processing and deportation
of people who cross the border unlike in the past when claimants could
live in Canada for years while their applications were processed.
Six lawyers told Reuters that the new policy
had already led to accelerated hearings, scheduled in blocs, with a
focus on cases involving claimants of Nigerian and Haitian origins.
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