Quote:Canada is world famous for welcoming refugees, but one group has had a tough time getting in: U.S. citizens.

A small but increasing number of Americans want refuge in Canada. In fact, the number of them requesting asylum north of the border more than doubled between 2015 and 2016, from 80 to 187, according to Canada Border Services Agency data. Most of them were denied.

Some are trying to avoid going to prison, others refuse to fight in America’s wars. Now, immigration lawyers are predicting more U.S. citizens will attempt to flee for Canada — to escape President Trump’s America.

But despite Canada’s open-door reputation for those in need, admitting more than 40,000 Syrian refugees since 2015, its acceptance rate for American asylum-seekers is below 1 percent, according to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.