Hussen Floats Ideas to Modernize Safe Third Country Agreement With US

Hussen Floats Ideas to Modernize Safe Third Country Agreement With US
A group of asylum-seekers cross the Canadian border at Champlain, N.Y., on Aug. 4, 2017. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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OTTAWA—Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he has approached the American government with ideas for modernizing a 14-year-old agreement on refugee claimants who attempt to cross the border between Canada and the United States.

One idea he is floating is to use biometrics to allow border officials to better track the movements of individuals at official ports of entry to determine if they are eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada.