Irregular asylum claims increased in July after two months of decline
OTTAWA — The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline.
Newly published federal data shows a total of 1,634 irregular migrants were apprehended by RCMP between official border crossings last month.
That’s 371 more than the number of people who crossed irregularly into Canada in June.
The numbers had been slowly decreasing since May — a downward trend the federal government had attributed to its outreach efforts as it continues to try to send the message that crossing the Canada-U.S. border at non-official entry points is not a free ticket into Canada.