Expanded border deal ‘unrealistic, unfair, and exclusionary,’ say legal scholars, refugee advocates

Law professor Idil Atak says the closure of Roxham Road ‘bad news for asylum seekers’ that will increase vulnerability to smugglers and traffickers as they seek out less-visible and more-dangerous crossings.

Although only announced last week, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser signed the expanded Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States one year ago on March 29, 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

March 29, 2023

While the news that Canada would be expanding the Safe Third Country Agreement came as no surprise, refugee advocates and legal scholars say the decision to officially close irregular junctions like Roxham Road while offering only 15,000 spots to displaced people is "unreali...

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