Sikh asylum cases see big spurt in Canada

Number of asylum seekers in Canada from India, majority are Sikhs, soars by over 300 per cent

The number of asylum

seekers in Canada from India, a majority of them Sikhs, has soared by over 300 per cent in the past two years alone, with the Canadian government agencies acknowledging “renewed support for separatism in the Punjab region”.

The ‘Refugee Claims Analysis Report’ (RCAR), compiled by the Intelligence and Analysis section of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), which IANS has accessed, shows that in the first six months of 2018, the number of refugee claims (asylum seeking applications) shot up to 1,805, surpassing the total figure of 1,487 claims made in the entire 2017.

The refugee claims made in the first six months of 2018 are over 310 per cent of the total claims made in 2016, which stood at 582