Ottawa poised to restore visa requirements for Mexicans, Quebec says
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The Quebec government says it has been told by Ottawa that the federal government plans to bring back visa requirements for Mexican nationals.
The Quebec government says it has been told by Ottawa that the federal government plans to bring back visa requirements for Mexican nationals, something Premier Francois Legault has been pushing for to curb the rising number of asylum seekers to the province.
When asked by Global News if the Quebec government has been informed that the federal government is reintroducing the visa requirement, a spokesperson for the province’s ministry of immigration responded: “Yes, we were informed.”
The news was first reported by Radio Canada.
In a statement to Global News, spokesperson for Quebec’s ministry of immigration, Maude Méthot-Faniel, said in French this is an important step forward, but will not solve everything.
She added Quebec takes in half of all asylum seekers in Canada and of these, 25 per cent are Mexican nationals.
A spokesperson for federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller did not respond when asked about visa reintroductions when asked Wednesday night. Neither did the Prime Minister’s Office.
“We cannot comment yet on the matter,” said Alfonso Vera Sánchez, press attaché with the Mexican embassy in Canada in an email to Global News.
The Liberals lifted the visa requirement in 2016, making it easier for people from Mexico to make an asylum claim in Canada.
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