The World Forum - November 5th, 2025

-
  As I have mentioned a short while ago, IFP is under attack from Disqus. The Admin Team at Disqus is now monitoring this site and routinely deleting comments they find "offensive". It really has nothing to with ToS, we are being targetted. I have built a back-up site to IFP and have the commenting engine already lined up. To implement the new commenting engine into the new site, I will require a "business account" with the platform that would host the new site. The commenting engine is robust, works great, and offers multiple login options (including your existing Disqus, Facebook, Twitter (X), and other Social Media logins. The cost to purchase the business plan for 1 year is approximately $450. Once we have raised $450, I will initiate the transfer of IFP to the new site. I have created a fundraiser page to make it easier to reach this goal. It is a GiveSendGo site, so there will be no unforseen holdbacks of funds from reaching me. I have set the target goal as C...
0

Canadian police brace for 'worst-case scenario' of asylum-seekers fleeing Trump

-


 Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump's United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants.


The former and now future U.S. president swept to power this week in part on a promise to enact the largest deportation in American history.


When Trump first came to power in 2017, thousands of asylum-seekers crossed into Canada between formal border crossings to file refugee claims – overwhelmingly at Roxham Road, near the Quebec-New York border.


Roxham Road is no longer an option: Canada and the U.S. expanded a bilateral agreement so that now asylum-seekers trying to cross anywhere along the 4,000-mile border, instead of only at formal crossings, are turned back unless they meet a narrow exemption.


This means people crossing from the U.S. to file claims must sneak across undetected and hide out for two weeks before seeking asylum – a potentially dangerous prospect, immigrant advocates say.


But they add people are already doing it.


Canada is already dealing with record numbers of refugee claimants: In July, almost 20,000 people filed refugee claims, according to Immigration and Refugee Board data – the highest monthly total on record and driven by global displacement, advocates and experts told Reuters.


The number has since dipped, to about 16,400 in September, but remains historically high. There are more than 250,000 claims pending, according to the board.


Canada's government has slashed the number of permanent and temporary immigrants but has less control over how many people claim asylum.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/canadian-police-brace-worst-case-110346032.html

Comments

Post a Comment