Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to voice their opposition to federal Bill C-2, aimed at strengthening border security. The bill includes a number of immigration measures that are of concern to organisations.

Around 80 people gathered outside the offices of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in downtown Montreal for the demonstration organised by Solidarity Across Borders.

Participants chanted “A status for all” or “Solidarity with refugees.”

“Bill C-2 really came as a shock to us. It’s only been a few years since the Liberal Party promised a mass regularisation programme. Instead, we are now faced with a bill that will enormously [affect] the situation of undocumented people in Canada and those with precarious status, and which will also increase the number of undo

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