Getting refugee status in Canada isn’t easy, Couillard reminds asylum-seekers
SHERBROOKE, Que. — Would-be asylum-seekers need to understand it isn’t easy to get refugee status in Canada, Quebec’s premier said Saturday.
Philippe Couillard said it’s important that anyone who is considering joining the surge of people who have been crossing the United States border into Canada in recent weeks know what they’re facing.
“We can’t take people’s hope away, but people must be presented with a real picture of the situation, especially people who are still in the United States and may be tempted to do the same thing,” he said outside a meeting of his party’s youth wing in Sherbrooke, Que.
“Arriving in an army camp isn’t exactly a comfortable experience.”