Trudeau Faces Growing Doubts Over Canada’s Refugee Policy

New poll shows intensifying concerns over surge of asylum seekers entering by foot from the U.S.


OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s open-arms policy on refugees is facing pushback at home. A poll published Friday by Vancouver-based Angus Reid Institute indicates Canadian anxiety over asylum seekers entering the country by foot from the U.S. has intensified from a year ago, when such border crossings hit a peak. Their concern “shows no sign of abating,” said Shachi Kurl, executive director of the polling organization. -- More...

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