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加拿大加紧驱逐无证移民

加拿大边境管理局周三表示,计划每年将驱逐无证移民的人数增加10,000人。

这不仅包括未获得批准的的难民和寻求庇护者,还包括那些当局视为威胁到国家安全的人。

边境管理局发言人对官方的加拿大广播公司表示,“尽管加拿大是一个人道主义国家,多年来一直欢迎许多移民和寻求庇护者,但来到我们国家的人们应该遵守我们的法律和程序。”

目前加拿大有大约18,000名移民应被驱逐出境,有5,300个所谓的可执行案件,这意味着他们没有合法上诉权或其他原因可以留下来的。

反对派保守派称,从无人看守的美国过境点进入加拿大寻求庇护者的人数是一个危机。他们说政府没有认真对待此事,也没有相应计划。

自由派称边境形势是一个挑战。

加拿大总理特鲁多周三表示,“我们正在研究如何改善移民制度,看看我们如何迅速行动。 ......我们优先考虑建立一个有效的移民系统,而这一直是我们要做的事情。“

许多在加拿大寻求庇护或难民身份的人来自哥伦比亚、厄立特里亚、海地、尼加拉瓜和土耳其。

Canada to Step Up Deportations of Undocumented Migrants

Canada’s border agency said Wednesday that it planned to increase its deportations of undocumented migrants by 10,000 a year.

These are to include not just failed refugees and asylum-seekers but those authorities regard as national security threats.

“While Canada is a humanitarian country that has welcomed many immigrants and asylum-seekers over the years, those coming to our country are expected to abide by our laws and processes,” a border agency spokesperson told the state-run Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

There is a backlog of about 18,000 migrants listed for deportation, with 5,300 so-called actionable cases, meaning there are no legal appeals or other reasons for them to stay.

Opposition conservatives call the number of asylum-seekers entering Canada through unmanned U.S. border crossings a crisis. They say the government does not take the matter seriously and has no plan.

Liberals call the border situation a challenge.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that “we are in the process of looking at how we can improve the immigration system to see how can we move rapidly. ... It is a priority for us to have an immigration system that works, and that is always what we are going to try to do.”

Many of those who seek asylum or refugee status in Canada are from Colombia, Eritrea, Haiti, Nicaragua or Turkey.