Canada Cracking Down on Asylum Claims From St-pierre and Miquelon Ferry to Nfld.

Canada Cracking Down on Asylum Claims From St-pierre and Miquelon Ferry to Nfld.
Preparations are made for Bastille Day at the Embassy of France in Ottawa on July 13, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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The federal government says it is cracking down on what it calls a “low volume” of asylum claims made by foreigners arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador from a nearby territory of France.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an archipelago 19 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, is served by frequent ferry service.