As a settlement agency that provides services, we would really support a dignified claim process for refugee claimants. We all know that when they try to cross irregularly, it is contrary to being dignified or having dignity.
If there were encouragement, or a certainty, that could be given to asylum seekers that if they crossed regularly through the official ports of entry, they would be processed faster in a dignified manner, and would be able to stay in Canada if they were found to be eligible, they would not really risk their lives going through forests and putting themselves and their families in danger, as we see today. There has to be this certainty, or reassurance, for these people that if they cross regularly through the official ports of entry, they are not going to be returned or deported. They should do what is safer for them and their families, and with a bit more dignity, of course.