A small road straddling the Canada-U.S. border has become a political hot-topic in recent weeks as politicians are calling on Ottawa to shut it down. Here's what you need to know about Roxham Road and the political debate surrounding the border.
An RCMP officer looks on as asylum seekers cross the Canada-U.S. border at Roxham Road on Jan. 5, 2023.
Quebec Premier François Legault recently wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to close Roxham Road to asylum-seekers. Thousands of them have crossed into Canada from the United States at Roxham in recent years. Roxham used to be a dirt road with a ditch marking the border near the municipality of Hemmingford, Que. It has since been paved on the Canadian side.
Asylum seekers are barred from entering Canada at official border points under the Safe Third Country Agreement. The agreement states that asylum seekers who enter the U.S. or Canada must make their claims in the first country they arrive in, because the two countries share similar approaches to immigration.
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