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Trudeau Must Stop the Flow of Asylum Seekers, Quebec Leader Says
- Premier pens letter demanding changes to refugee visa policy
- Montreal, Toronto airports are ‘becoming sieves,’ Legault says
Quebec is close to a breaking point with asylum seekers arriving in the French-speaking province, says Premier Francois Legault in a letter sent to Primer Minister Justin Trudeau.
“The situation has become unbearable,” wrote Legault in French, asking Trudeau to stop the flow of refugees by tightening the visa-granting policy. Quebec, Canada’s second-largest province, has welcomed three times more asylum seekers than other provinces in the country on a per capita basis, with 60,000 people coming through Quebec in the first 11 months of 2023, he explained.