Canada's immigration minister has warned the Mexico visa requirement will be swiftly reinstated in the event of a flood of asylum requests.
With the existing visa requirement due to be lifted on December 1 and President-elect Donald Trump promising to instigate a crackdown on illegals in the U.S., there are fears Canada could see a spike in asylum claims from Mexicans.
But John McCallum says that even before Trump's victory, Canada had been preparing for a possible increase in asylum claims – with the power to re-impose the restriction an important part of the original deal struck to lift the requirement.
McCallum says he hopes the time never comes, although the original visa restriction was imposed because of the number of claims being received by the Canadian government.
In announcing the lifting of the visa requirement on June 28, the Canadian government admitted it ignored the advice of its own officers against making the move.
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