{"id":14070,"date":"2025-01-24T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/as-trump-blocks-refugees-miller-says-canada-has-limited-capacity-national\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:09:03","slug":"as-trump-blocks-refugees-miller-says-canada-has-limited-capacity-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/as-trump-blocks-refugees-miller-says-canada-has-limited-capacity-national\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump blocks refugees, Miller says Canada has \u2018limited capacity\u2019 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Canada has a \u201climited capacity\u201d to welcome people looking to resettle, the federal immigration minister said, as the country braces for a potential influx of migrants in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> border crackdown.<\/p>\n

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As part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration, this week Trump suspended America\u2019s refugee resettlement program<\/a>, leaving stranded thousands in war-torn countries across the globe who were approved to come to the United States.<\/p>\n

Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the U.S. decision is \u201cunfortunate\u201d and Canada will continue to be there for people fleeing conflict, but there is a limit to how many it can support.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada will continue to remain a humanitarian country. We have limited ability to welcome people in a proper way,\u201d he told reporters before a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa Friday.<\/p>\n

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Miller said Canada has already taken in more than 50,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover in 2021 and is currently housing more than 300,000 Ukrainians as the Russian invasion goes on. In addition, Canada has also welcomed tens of thousands of Syrian refugees over the years, he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, there is limited capacity, but if there are opportunities, we\u2019ll certainly look at them,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to do our job as a country that does have a heart and does care about resettlement of people that are fleeing war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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