Data from Canadian organ show that there were more orders in the 1st semester of 2025 than all the year since 2019
More Americans requested asylum and refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than all the year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday (21.ago.2025) by. The information is from.
The participation of Americans in total requests for refuge –245 among about 55,000-is small, and the acceptance of US refuge for Canada has been historically low. Asylum applicants from other countries who cross the US ground border are sent back through a bilateral agreement, on the grounds that they must request asylum in the 1st country “Safe” where they arrive.
In 2024, 204 people filed asylum requests in Canada, claiming to suffer persecution in the US. US requests also increased during the president’s first term (Republican Party), from 2017 to 2021.
The data released by the Canadian immigration agency do not reveal the reasons for the requests. However, 8 lawyers said to Reuters who are aware that transgender Americans have the desire to leave the country.
Trump and the US Supreme Court have revoked the rights of transgender people, restricting those who have access to, who can, who can use which bathroom and who can.
According to ReutersTo obtain asylum, refugees need to convince Canada’s Immigration and Refugees Council that nowhere in the US is safe for them.
The agency recently received group documents such as Human Rights Watch, which examines US treatment to LGBTQIA+ people in its national documentation package, detailing the country’s conditions.
A spokesman for the US internal security department told the agency that people claiming refugee status in Canada would create room for individuals “That face real fear and persecution”.
