Canada will not tighten its border to deter migrants crossing illegally from the United States in the wake of a US immigration crackdown because the numbers are not big enough to cause alarm, a government minister says. Hundreds of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, have defied winter conditions and walked across the border, seeking asylum. It is not common to have so many asylum seekers in the United States looking for refuge in Canada over such a short period. "We are concerned and we will deal properly with the extra hundreds (crossing illegally)," Goodale told reporters at a televised news conference in Emerson, Manitoba. US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is to visit Canada this month for talks on the border.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 04, 2017 21:31 UTC