Multiple options for appeals, diplomatic difficulties and changing global conditions mean only a small fraction of the people who’ve crossed into Canada from the United States between border points to seek asylum here are being deported if they fail to get refugee status.
Statistics from the Canada Border Services Agency show that as of Sept. 27, 843 people had been removed from Canada, and a further 671 people were awaiting removals after exhausting all their options to stay in the country.
