/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2500/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-canada-and-us-reach-border-deal-irregular-migrants-347287 <p>The Trudeau government has reached a long-discussed deal with the United States on irregular migration which will allow Ottawa to close the Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. The deal would close a loophole in the agreement, which came into force in 2004 and currently prevents Canadian law enforcement from turning back asylum seekers who enter Canada from the United States at border locations that are not official ports of entry. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deal-roxham-road-migrants-biden-trudeau-1.6788358">CBC News</a>)</p> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:57:19 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 297458 at /newsroom /newsroom/edward-dunsworth Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:33:29 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261528 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-proposed-extension-ramq-undocumented-children-criticized-330416 <p>Bill 83, which aims to extend Quebec health insurance coverage (RAMQ) to children born here to migrant parents who have a precarious status, does not pass the test, according to several organizations that care for the rights of young children. According to Doctors of the World Canada, which runs a clinic for migrants in this category, Bill 83, which was introduced by the Minister of Health, creates new and unnecessary administrative procedures along with obstacles that stand in the way of it achieving the desired objectives.</p> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:00:06 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 259848 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-new-influx-asylum-seekers-crossing-us-border-265725 <p> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:11:46 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 26702 at /newsroom /newsroom/laurence-j-kirmayer Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23524 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/refugees-asylum-seekers-248692 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:52:13 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22485 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/hundreds-migrants-die-shipwreck-europe-247535 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:29:43 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22450 at /newsroom