Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been in office, the Government of Canada has deported just 9,194 illegal citizens or failed asylum seekers, out of nearly half a million asylum claims.
To put this miniscule enforced deportation number in perspective, 146,825 individuals made asylum claims in 2024 alone. 143,360 claims were made in 2023.
Since 2016, Trudeau’s first full year in office, a total of 476,825 asylum claims have been made. About 75% of these claims are accepted by the Canadian Government.
As reported earlier this week, about 250,000 asylum claimants are in Canada and waiting for the Canadian government to make a decision about their status. This figure jumped from just over 100,000 in June of 2023.
Moreover, claims are taking on average 44 months to process. Some refugee claimants are costing the Canadian taxpayers $80,000 each, per year, on things like housing (hotels) and food.
Miller mulls buying refugees more hotels
Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday that more changes are coming to the asylum system, and he is aware that many claimants aren’t legitimate. This came after Miller announced in June that he might start buying up more hotels to house the surge of refugee claimants.
Nearly 50,000 failed asylum claimants remain in Canada, as reported by The Counter Signal in March, 2024.
In terms of temporary residents in Canada (student and work visas), nearly five million permits are set to expire over the next year. Miller said he expects these individuals to “leave voluntarily.”
US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in less than two months, made a post to Truth Social on Monday night, threatening drastic economic punishment if Canada and Mexico don’t take action to tighten their borders and the flow of illegal drugs and migrants to the states.
