Canada's asylum system is in place for a reason - some people feel threatened for their safety and because Canada follows humanitarian values, Canada has become a desirable country for many. As the article states, the numbers of asylum seekers fluctuates from year to year. I object to some of the language being used to discuss these people as "freeloaders", "queue jumpers", "undesirables", etc. who are "flooding" or "swamping" our borders. In the scheme of things these are a very small section of humanity which our immigration services will process.