Immigration Minister Marc Miller is enforcing new regulations to limit in-and-out claims by foreigners gaming immigration rules. Miller’s department called the practice “flagpoling.”

“Canada has experienced unprecedented volumes of asylum claimants,” the department wrote in a legal notice detailing amendments to Immigration And Refugee Protection Regulations. “In 2019 the Canada Border Services Agency processed 29,635 asylum claims at ports of entry. In 2023 the Agency processed 72,320 claims at ports of entry.”