Quebec Calls for Asylum Seekers to Be Distributed Throughout Canada via Federal Quota System

Published on August 16, 2024

The province of Quebec has called for the federal government to introduce a national quota system for asylum seekers in order to more evenly distribute them throughout the country. Quebec Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette commented on the proposal on platform X following a meeting with federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller on Aug. 16. “Today’s meeting is a step in the right direction. The federal government is demonstrating a firm desire to arrive at a federally coordinated mechanism for distributing asylum seekers by the end of September, in order to reduce the pressure on Quebec and Ontario,” she said. “We will also need to agree on a system of financial compensation for our efforts to accommodate asylum seekers.”...