The omnibus legislation tightens a loophole that spurred border crossings.
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen makes an announcement of support for pre-arrival services at the YMCA in Toronto on Jan. 14, 2019.
Tucked into this year's 392-page omnibus budget bill, which arrived in the House of Commons Monday evening, is a provision that would prevent anyone who has made a refugee claim in certain other countries from making another claim in Canada. The provision applies to claims made in countries with which Canada has information-sharing agreements.
People deemed ineligible to make a claim in Canada will not necessarily be deported to their homelands. Genest said they will still undergo a pre-removal risk assessment to determine if it is safe to send them back to their countries of origin. That has prompted thousands of people who fear deportation from the United States to cross the Canadian border through fields and forests.
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