Izuchukwu Okosi
President Joe Biden on Friday revealed that the United States has reached an agreement with Canada on an economic cooperation to curb the rising cases of illegal migration into the countries.
The arrangement will see undocumented asylum seekers crossing from the United States into Canada turned back, while Canada will simultaneously expand the pathway for legal entries.
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“The United States and Canada will work together to discourage unlawful border crossings,” he further said.
The arrangement will see undocumented asylum seekers crossing from the United States into Canada turned back, while Canada will simultaneously expand the pathway for legal entries.
The plan — similar to a crackdown on the much more heavily used US-Mexican border — has been criticised by refugees and migrants’ rights activists.
However, Biden and Trudeau are both under political pressure to relieve their badly strained immigration systems and Biden said that regardless, “welcoming refugees and asylum seekers is a part of who Canadians and Americans are.”
The Prime Minster of Canada, Justin Trudeau, equally delivered a similar speech on the subject.
Trudeau earlier at the parliament building, said Canada has “no greater friend and ally than the United States” — a message underlined through the gift to Biden of a chocolate bar from Peace by Chocolate, a brand started by Syrian refugees.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
