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Originally Posted by jmt18325
What about amending the safe third country agreement?
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Yes, some are calling for the loophole allowing asylum seekers to enter away from official points of entry to be closed by amending the STCA.
I would think that such a measure would be unnecessary and make for bad optics internationally. It would certainly look like we are trying very hard to close the door to any and all asylum seekers, running counter to our commitment to the UN convention (which the SCTA already infringes on, imo).
It would be unnecessary too, because as cornholio aptly pointed out, we could just tell the RCMP and the CBSA to apply existing border laws to asylum seekers as well through much the same means I already described above. But again, this would leave no recourse at all for anyone seeking asylum coming from the US so it would NOT sit well with the international community nor with the UN.
In short, this would be a stronger measure than what I'm suggesting and I think it would adversely affect Canada's reputation internationally. I personally don't feel this measure will be required in the near term. I might be wrong.