US-Canada border deal impacts asylum-seekers.

Canada and the US have expanded their Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) to the entire US-Canada border, allowing both countries to expel asylum seekers who cross at unofficial points of entry. Human rights groups have condemned the move, saying it will not deter refugees and asylum seekers from trying to cross the border but instead will push them to take riskier routes. The STCA previously forced asylum seekers to make claims for protection in the first country they arrive in, but a loophole allowed them to make claims once on Canadian soil, pushing thousands to take informal routes across the border.