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A long line of asylum-seekers wait to illegally cross the Canada/US border
It was a single tweet, but it is one that has come to haunt Justin Trudeau. On January 28 last year, only days after Donald Trump was sworn in as US President, the Canadian Prime Minister took a deliberate shot at Trumpâs hardline immigration policies by trumpeting how Canada had an open door for refugees.
âTo those fleeing persecution, terror and war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength. #welcometocanada,â he tweeted.
Eighteen months on, Trudeauâs tweet has rebounded on him. Canada is facing a reckoning about what sort of country it wants to be as a surge in the number of asylum-seekers tests its tolerance and its self-proclaimed pride as a traditional haven for refugees.
âThere is a problem at the border, the border must be enforced,â says Lisa MacLeod, Ontarioâs minister responsible for immigration, who says the Trudeau governmentâs lax policies account for an unsustainable influx of asylum-seekers.
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