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  2. Canada pulls refugee welcome mat, launches ads warning asylum ...

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    Once presenting itself as one of the world's most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is ...

  3. Nigerian Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War . [ 2 ] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.

  4. Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More ... - AOL

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    A deal Canada struck this year to stem the flow of asylum seekers entering from the U.S. was, at first glance, a quick success: Within days, the number of people caught at unofficial crossings ...

  5. Asylum seekers find it easier to obtain visas through Canada

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    Scripps News National correspondent Axel Turcios has been covering the migrant crisis in the U.S. extensively. During his journey, he met Victoria Manhamo, a migrant mother traveling with her 11 ...

  6. Illegal immigration to Canada - Wikipedia

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    Quebec saw 75% of the resulting crossings from the US for Canada, and Programme régional d’accueil et d’intégration des demandeurs d’asile (PRAIDA) helped 1,174 asylum seekers in July 2017 compared to the 180 people during the previous year. [28] Montreal had to repurpose its Olympic Stadium to house the immigrants. [28]

  7. LGBT refugees and asylum seekers in Canada - Wikipedia

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    To apply for refugee status, the asylum seeker must first establish a well-founded fear of persecution and be unable to obtain protection from their country of nationality. [6] The persecution must be due to reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.

  8. More asylum claims, illegal crossings along U.S.-Canada ... - AOL

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    Canadian asylum numbers rise after changes. Canada is seeing more claims for asylum: F igures released by Canada’s immigration, refugee and citizenship agency show that 7,270 asylum applications ...

  9. Nigerian refugees - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian refugees are persons originating from the country of Nigeria, but seeking refuge outside the borders of their native country. Nigeria has a refugee crisis which has extended for almost a decade, mainly due to the insurgency in Northern Nigeria by the Boko Haram .