Hundreds of people, mostly Haitians, stream across the US-Canadian border every day to file refugee claims.
Asylum Seekers Flee US for Canada
- By Reuters
5
A family who identified themselves as from Haiti are confronted by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer as they try to enter into Canada from Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, Aug. 7, 2017.
6
A line of asylum seekers who said they were from Haiti wait to enter into Canada from Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, Aug. 7, 2017.
7
A young girl whose family said they were from Syria gathers her belongings at the US-Canada border in Champlain, New York, Aug. 7, 2017.
8
A woman carries a child out of a makeshift police station after crossing illegally into Canada, from the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Aug. 7, 2017.
