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Business Insider: THE OTHER BORDER ‘CRISIS’: While America is fixated on Mexico and the wall, thousands of migrants are fleeing for Canada in a dramatically different scene

The migrants have no option other than arrest. A longstanding legal pact between the US and Canada — called the Safe Third Country Agreement — means that migrants have to cross illegally if they’re coming from the US and want to request asylum. If they request it at an official Canadian port of entry, they’ll …

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