The US and Canada have agreed to refuse asylum seekers at unauthorised border crossings. The official agreement will be announced on Friday (March 24) by US President Joe Biden along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit to Ottawa.

US, Canada reach agreement to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings

Amidst a sharp rise in illegal border crossings over the past few months, the Biden administration is reviewing cases of nearly about 5,600 migrant children to see whether they were separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administration.

US probes cases of family separation: 5600 migrant children cases under review

The draft law, which criminalises illegal border crossings and speeds up procedures to deport economic migrants, was presented to the cabinet of President Emmanuel Macron for the first time.

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