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Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests

www.reuters.com /world/americas/mexico-talks-with-canada-about-high-number-asylum-requests-2024-02-20/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/15839911

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that his government is addressing a complaint from Canada over the high number of asylum requests from Mexicans. According to data from the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Commission, between January and September 2023, Mexicans made the most asylum requests, with 17,500, well above Haitians, who made the second-highest number of requests with just over 8,500.

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