JBriel:
Yeye people.

God1000:
Stay at home and build Nigeria

VeryWickedMan:
You are richer than many of your friends abroad but you won't know

ednut1:
This is why its almost impossible to get visit visa dates for usa. They have tactically blocked that.

Totilopussylick:


One mumu said he rather be a tree in Canada

Rather than lives in Nigeria

I come dey wonder, na so naija done bad reach

BigDawsNet:
I don't understand why people will leave the US to smuggle themselves to canada

They think it's easy to just get Canada asylum

1stGenAmerican:


They ask and listen to others instead of learning policies firsthand.

BigDawsNet:


It makes no sense...
It's better to be an alien in US than Canada...

If they fail the asylum application...they won't be able to even sweep the floor for a dollar? Nobody will give out a job without a document in Canada.... just like Australia... the immigration is very strict

1stGenAmerican:


Then, a denied claim means they’ll be sent back to Nigeria, not the US.

BigDawsNet:


It makes no sense...
It's better to be an alien in US than Canada...

If they fail the asylum application...they won't be able to even sweep the floor for a dollar? Nobody will give out a job without a document in Canada.... just like Australia... the immigration is very strict

Newphiligeek123:
The Canadian government is yet again aggressively trying to limit the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria who are flooding into Canada via the United States, officials said on Monday.

A recent investigation has revealed that over 9,000 Nigerian nationals have trekked through the notorious Roxham Road border into Canada illegally till date. They crossed on foot along a forest trail from New York state to Quebec.

The Canadian government had previously requested that the US authorities tighten their visa rules for Nigerians to try to prevent tourists from flying to the US and then hopping across the border to file Canadian refugee claims. Yet, the number of asylum-seekers entering Canada outside formal land border crossings has now reached its highest point since August 2017.

The increase follows the lifting of a pandemic-era order last December. Recall that since March 2020, border police had refused entry to all asylum-seekers in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Between January and February 2022 alone, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted over 2,500 asylum-seekers crossing the border outside formal land ports of entry, the vast majority crossing into Quebec.

These asylum-seekers often enter Canada because they do not enter at formal border crossings. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, set to be contested at Canada's Supreme Court, Canada and the United States can turn back asylum-seekers in either direction at formal land border crossings.

'NIGERIANS ARE GETTING MORE DESPERATE'

Nigeria is set to end 2022 with the highest number of asylum seekers to Canada for the sixth year in a row. Nigeria overtook China as the country with the highest claims back in 2016. The country’s hold on the top spot is despite a major slowdown in asylum claim rates given global travel restrictions in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A survey conducted by the Africa Polling Institute (API), found the key “push factors” for the exodus of Nigerian immigrants to Canada to be due to Nigeria’s poor economy, heightened insecurity, perceived poor governance and Political persecution.

Volunteers who come to the border with water bottles or blankets and who try to ensure border-crossers' rights are respected have resumed their weekly trips to Roxham Road after suspending them during the pandemic, said Frances Ravensbergen, a coordinator for migrant advocacy group Bridges Not Borders.

Some would-be refugees are awaiting on standby in the United States, others are still in Nigeria until they feel they could make the trip to Canada via the United States, Bouchard said.

Many keep abreast of Canada's shifting regulations, "sometimes with some confusion," Bouchard said. But Bouchard thinks there is more than just Canada's lifted border closure at play. "People are desperate," he said.

He said the increase was also an indication that "under (President) Joe Biden the (U.S.) immigration policies have not really, really changed," especially regarding homosexuality refugee claims, which are seen as less likely to succeed in the United States.

U.S. apprehensions of migrants crossing from reached a 20-year high in 2020, and the Biden administration has been reluctant to roll back all the measures imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump.

The U.S. government did not immediately respond to a request by Afrotimes Newspaper for comment.

CANADA’S “OPEN DOORS”

While Canada’s skill-based immigration program offers immediate residency permits and a long-term pathway to citizenship, the country’s perceived openness to immigrants, particularly relative to the US in recent years, means it has also become subject to rising asylum claims as well.

Canada recently announced plans to welcome an additional 1.2 million immigrants over the next three years.


Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/135927699118774/

Treasure17:

Nothing to build on.

BigDawsNet:
I don't understand why people will leave the US to smuggle themselves to canada

They think it's easy to just get Canada asylum

ednut1:
this was during trump era. He was threatening fire and brimstone. Some took the chance and went to Canada. Some were approved but many were denied. Takes like 2 years for Canada to pass a verdict on asylum and another 2 years to get you deported if you fail. Some people don use that one hustle or marry lol

BigDawsNet:



You mean they hav freedom while awaiting feedback from the immigration...
If that is the case...some would hav fled and won't even bother to come back for results because they already hav the idea what the response can bring...

ednut1:
their passports are help my the immigration authorities. How do you run

Goodman247:
So how do the asylum seekers feed and take care of themselves

BigDawsNet:



Oh... never knew they had to drop passport...
Love the idea... no where to run