Some 35,000 migrants have entered Canada since the country’s prime minister published a #WelcomeToCanada tweet urging migrants to come to the North American state. His conservative opponents have argued that the tweet was behind the rise in immigrant numbers.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Global News in an interview that the reason behind a major rise in the number of migrants crossing the country’s border was actually caused by the domestic policies of the US and not his tweet, posted in January 2017 urging migrants to enter Canada.