Canada Working With US to Stop Nigerians Using US Visas as Ticket to Canada

A group of asylum seekers raise their hands as they approach RCMP officers while crossing the Canadian border between Champlain, New York, and St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec, on Aug. 4, 2017. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

OTTAWA—Canadian officials in Nigeria are working with the United States on developing tools to flag Nigerians applying for U.S. visas who may be at “high risk” of crossing illegally into Canada across the U.S. border.

So far this year, the majority of illegal migrants arriving in Canada are Nigerians who have recently been issued U.S. travel visas.