‘Will Canada send people back?’: Fate uncertain for asylum seekers

Nearly 10,000 people have been apprehended at the border since the start of the year as they’ve sought to enter Canada in order to claim refugee status — almost equivalent to the total number of claims filed for all of 2013. Of those who have arrived this year, nearly 7,000 have arrived just since July, the vast majority at an unofficial crossing point between Quebec and New York. 

 Canadian soldiers set up tents to house asylum seekers at the NAV centre in Cornwall, Ontario. Graham Hughes for National Post 

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