Migrants’ Dash for Canada Slows as More Are Sent Back to US

The flow of asylum-seekers arriving in Canada via upstate New York has plunged, a sharp reversal from the summer months when a surge of thousands of people tried to get through the Canadian border.

Migrants now face a greater chance of being sent back to the US, where they can wind up being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s fueling a debate in Canada over whether the government’s tougher stance on immigration is the right approach.

Refugee applicants began coming in larger numbers to the crossing at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec — Canada’s busiest land crossing for such claims — soon ...