A Third or More of Refugee Claims Were by Mexicans at Montreal and Calgary Airports in Last Five Years: Records

Published on April 7, 2024

Mexican travellers accounted for a third or more of refugee claims made at airports in Montreal and Calgary over the last five years, new data from Canada’s Immigration Department shows. The release of the figures followed cabinet’s announcement a few weeks earlier to renew visa requirements for Mexican visitors. From 2019 to 2023, Mexicans represented 46 percent of refugee claims made at the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and 31 percent of such claims at the Calgary International Airport, according to records tabled in the House of Commons on March 18. The percentages were calculated based on a total 49,799 claimants in Montreal, of which 23,058 were Mexicans, and a total 1,806 claimants in Calgary, 555 of which were Mexicans, reported Blacklock’s Reporter, which obtained the figures....

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