Like generations before them, these asylum seekers are counting on the United States for a fair chance ... to make asylum seekers at the border apply for protection from another country.

Activists at the US-Mexico border say that a government mobile app required for US asylum applications is beset by technical problems, and frequently fails to recognise the faces of black and ...

These migrants have taken advantage of a quirk in a 2002 agreement between the US and Canada that says asylum seekers must apply in the first country they arrive in. Migrants who go to an official ...

Despite the protestations of immigrant groups and some democrats, the deal marks the latest action taken by the Biden administration to deter migrants from crossing the border illegally in order to ...

Canada and the United States on Friday changed a two-decade-old refugee agreement as part of their attempts to reduce the ...

A significant number are seeking asylum in the United States and were expecting the sanctuary ... Instead, many can now apply from their home country and show up the date of their appointment.

The migration deal eliminates a loophole under existing rules that will allow both countries to turn away asylum seekers at ...

The agreement maintains that the US and Canada are both safe countries for refugees and that refugees must apply for asylum in whichever country they arrive in first. Under that policy ...

PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED' While the Safe Third Country Agreement allows US and Canadian officials to turn back asylum seekers in both directions at formal ports of entry, it does not apply to ...

The migration agreement allows each country to turn away asylum-seekers ... but this did not apply to unofficial crossings. Canada had been pressing the United States to expand the deal, called ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an ...