Preparations are made for Bastille Day at the Embassy of France in Ottawa on July 13, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
The federal government says it is cracking down on what it calls a “low volume” of asylum claims made by foreigners arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador from a nearby territory of France.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an archipelago 19 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, is served by frequent ferry service.
