{"id":32471,"date":"2025-08-22T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/22\/more-americans-applying-for-refugee-status-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:31:00","slug":"more-americans-applying-for-refugee-status-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/22\/more-americans-applying-for-refugee-status-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"More Americans applying for refugee status in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada&#8217;s Immigration and Refugee Board.<br \/>Their share of total refugee claims &#8211; 245 of about 55,000 &#8211; is small and Canada&#8217;s acceptance of U.S. refugee claims has historically been low. 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