RCI : Federal Court challenge says Canada failing to protect refugees turned back to U.S.

RCI / Verity Stevenson (new window) · CBC News

A Honduran family that came to Canada seeking refuge says border officers forced them to choose between separating from each other or returning together to the United States, where they were detained and then deported back to Honduras.

Their case is now at the centre of a Federal Court challenge alleging Canada is failing to provide refugee claimants with safeguards required by the Supreme Court of Canada before turning them back under the Safe Third Country Agreement….

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