Coverage dated February 28, 2024

Canada will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans, official says

Headline from Border Report

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal government to slow the influx of refugees which he says has been str…

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14 articles, oldest first.

  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Canada reimposes a visa requirement on Mexicans (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Canada's government is reimposing the visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, the immigration minister announced Thursday.

  2. NBC News

    Canada reimposes visa requirement on Mexican nationals (opens NBC News)

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    Canada’s government is reimposing visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada after asylum claims, most of which are rejected, have spiked dramatically.

  3. Border Report

    Canada will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans, official says (opens Border Report)

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    TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal government to slow the influx of refugees which he says has been str…

  4. Green Field Reporter

    Canada will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans, official says - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal government to slow the influx of refugees which he says has been str…

  5. Courthouse News Service

    Canada reimposes visas for Mexican travelers (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Immigration data showed Mexicans made up 17% of all refugee claims in Canada in 2023 — spiking from just 260 claims in 2016 when a previous visa requirement was lifted, to nearly 24,000 last year.

  6. New York Times

    Canada Restores Visa Requirement for Mexican Visitors (opens New York Times)

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    The immigration minister said Mexico had not done enough to address the surge of asylum seekers arriving in Canada.

  7. Fox News

    Canadian official says the country will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans (opens Fox News)

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    Some visa requirements from Mexican nationals visiting Canada will be reimposed, but there will not be a complete return to pre-2016 rules.

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