Some migrants recently arrived in New York City focus their hopes on settling a little further north, in Canada, where they say several have already passed and have been received in a more organized manner.
“Last week a colleague passed by who was here with me but already had tickets and left independently and spent two, three days in immigration there and right now he is already solving the papers to register the child and looking for work permits, opening bank accounts ”, says Melvin Solórzano, a Venezuelan migrant.
More than 42,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple since last May, saturating the capacity of the shelters and forcing the government to hire hotels and now a cruise terminal to house them as the law dictates.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, although Canada is part of the “Safe Third Country” agreement, which would reject refugees at border crossings if they previously entered the United States, there are exceptions, especially for migrants with children. The recommendation is to get well informed, as they may risk being deported.
According to the Canadian immigration page, this government has invested more than 173 million dollars to manage irregular immigration and, on average, work permits for asylum seekers who are accepted at immigration controls take three weeks. Ángela González, Voice of America, New York.
2023-02-03 08:00:00
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