Let refugees in during pandemic: rights groups
Majority of third-country refugees attempting to enter from New York State
Canada should be letting third-country refugees from the U.S. into Canada despite the border being closed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, refugee and civil liberties organizations say.
“The right to seek asylum, to seek refuge, cannot and must not be compromised in the midst of this global pandemic,” Canadian Council for Refugees president Dorota Blumczynska said. “It is abhorrent to turn away refugees who have every legal right, under both Canadian and international law, to enter Canada in order to save their lives.”