The agreement states that asylum seekers must apply for asylum in the first country where they land. "Two agents arrived at the cell and said: 'Congratulations, you're going to Canada'," Araceli recalled. "We've been too generous in welcoming you back here," she recalled the agent saying after the family applied for asylum in Canada a second time. Conversely, the number of migrants seeking asylum in Canada and being returned to the US has increased this year, according to data from Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Ms Neufeld said that Canadian border agents made a mistake.