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Canada–U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement

Canada and the United States signed the Safe Third Country Agreement on December 5, 2002. Both Canada and the United States require new regulations to implement the Agreement. The final Canadian regulations were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on November 3, 2004. On November 29, 2004, the United States published their regulations. The agreement, along with both sets of regulations, is in effect as of December 29, 2004.

	Canada–U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement (November 2006) A Partnership for Protection – Year One Review
	Claiming Refugee Protection at Canada–United States Land Border (May 2006) Information for people claiming refugee protection
	First Statistics Under Canada–U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement Show Decline in Refugee Claimants (June 2005)
	Safe Third Country Agreement Comes into Force Today (News Release, December 29, 2004)
	The Safe Third Country Agreement (Fact Sheet, December 2004)
	Minister Coderre Seeks Government Approval of Safe Third Country Agreement (News Release, September 10, 2002)
	Final Text of the Safe Third Country Agreement (December 2002)
	Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Canada Gazette, Vol. 138, No. 22 – November 3, 2004)
	Government Response to the Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration — Safe Third Country Regulations (May 2003)
	Treatment of Gender-Based Asylum Claims in the United States (March 2003) A review of how gender-based asylum claims are treated in the United States.