This outcome will help Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to solidify his political position on the agreement. | Leon Neal/Getty ImagesOTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s top court upheld the Safe Third Country Agreement, delivering a win for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government despite the law’s severe restrictions on a person’s ability to claim refugee status in Canada.
The Federal Court found the law to be unconstitutional in 2020 for violating their right to life, liberty and security since they are deflected back to the U.S. and wind up in detention, sometimes under solitary confinement or inhumane conditions, and can face deportation to the countries they are fleeing.The pact sets out that claimants must file in the first “safe” country they arrive in, allowing the country to turn asylum seekers back from Canada-U.S. border checkpoints.