While everybody seems to be focused on the United States ramping up deportations under the new Trump administration, it seems that copyright has been heading in that direction already. Figures indicate that copyright’s deportation numbers rose to their decade-highest in 2024, and this number might even go higher next year with more funds allocated for deportations in the budget for 2025. The majority of the deportees were rejected refugee status applicants, the Canadian border agency confirmed to Reuters.
The government’s actions were in response to the housing and infrastructure coming under extraordinary pressure following the rising number of immigrants in the last few years. The housing shortage seems to be worsening, prompting the Trudeau government to ramp up the deportations. The border agency clarified that they had witnessed an increase in people applying for asylum status since 2020, and they have been taking measures to implement the removal orders effectively.
The Reuters news agency obtained the figure for 2024 from the Canadian border agency, excluding those who left on their own as well as those asylum seekers who were turned back to the United States as part of the bilateral agreement. Excluding the above, the total number of deportees for the period from January 1 to November 19 comes to around 7300 in 2024. While this is not the full total, it is clear that annual deportation numbers reached the highest level since 2015 in 2024, and at least 79% of these deportees are failed refugee claimants. According to Reuters, refugee lawyers have reported that the applicants were being deported even when their cases were awaiting appeal.
The rising housing shortage has pushed public opinion against immigration, prompting the Trudeau administration to take a tougher stance. Already, the pending refugee claims have reached record levels. The figure at the end of January 2025 stands at 278,457 and will only go higher. As things stand, one should expect a proportional increase in the number of deportations this year.
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