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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on August 12, 2017, 08:36:36 am

Title: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: rangerrebew on August 12, 2017, 08:36:36 am

 #World News
August 10, 2017 / 7:10 PM / a day ago
Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
 

Anna Mehler Paperny
 

SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Quebec (Reuters) - Dozens of army tents dotted the Canadian border on Thursday to house hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Haiti, streaming into the country from upstate New York to file refugee claims.

More than 200 people a day are illegally walking across the border into Quebec to seek asylum, government officials said. Over 4,300 asylum seekers have crossed illegally into Canada in the first half of this year, with some citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s tougher stance on immigration.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-canada-border-idUSKBN1AQ2OU

Title: Re: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: Fishrrman on August 13, 2017, 01:03:39 am

Keep movin' 'em across the border!

Hello, Quebec!

You need 'em more than we do!

Title: Re: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: dfwgator on August 13, 2017, 01:13:15 am

Well Justin said he wanted 'em....well, he's got 'em.

Title: Re: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 13, 2017, 06:49:47 am

Quote from: dfwgator on August 13, 2017, 01:13:15 am

Well Justin said he wanted 'em....well, he's got 'em.

Another True D'oh moment. Oh, Canada.  **nononono*

Title: Re: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: Fishrrman on August 13, 2017, 11:02:30 pm

Another thought...

Considering the ethnicity of those crossing the border -- Haitians, i.e. blacks -- also consider what time of year it is.
The middle of summer.
Even up around Rouse's Point, New York (where this is happening) this is a balmy time of year.

I wonder how those Haitians are gonna feel by the time January rolls around up there in Montreal...? Think they'll start having second thoughts...?

Title: Re: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
Post by: dfwgator on August 13, 2017, 11:04:30 pm

Quote from: Fishrrman on August 13, 2017, 11:02:30 pm

Another thought...

Considering the ethnicity of those crossing the border -- Haitians, i.e. blacks -- also consider what time of year it is.
The middle of summer.
Even up around Rouse's Point, New York (where this is happening) this is a balmy time of year.

I wonder how those Haitians are gonna feel by the time January rolls around up there in Montreal...? Think they'll start having second thoughts...?

That's their problem.