Canadian Supreme Court Upholds U.S.-Canada Asylum Pact

Canada's Supreme Court upheld an agreement between the U.S. and Canada that requires asylum seekers to apply in the first country they arrive in.
Migrants who cross into Canada at an official border crossing are returned to the U.S. and instructed to apply for asylum there instead.
The court ruled that the agreement between the neighboring countries to manage the flow of asylum seekers across their shared border does not violate Canada's constitution.
The decision upholds the closing of a loophole that had allowed thousands of asylum seekers to travel between the U.S. and Canada along a remote road.
The case will return to a lower court to determine whether the agreement violates asylum seekers' equality rights.