RCI : Canada cracking down on asylum claims from St-Pierre-Miquelon ferry to N.L

RCI / Dylan Robertson (new window) · The Canadian Press 

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.

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

On June 4, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced it would start requiring those arriving from the territory by boat to have an electronic travel authorization, a $7 permit required mostly for people flying to Canada….

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