Canada town feels burden of refugees crossing US border (BBC)

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No, this isn't a smugly amusing story about US citizens seeking to emigrate to Canada ... it's about refugees in the US who are afraid they are no longer safe here.

By Jessica Murphy BBC News, Emerson, Manitoba
10 February 2017

The municipality of Emerson-Franklin is preparing for more people crossing illegally at the Canada-US border.

They had 22 border jumpers cross last weekend.

The town of some 700 people, near a major interstate highway, has been struggling with growing numbers of asylum seekers over the past two years.
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The town's fire services, which responds to calls about people who have crossed illegally, says many are found tired, hungry and very, very cold.

On Christmas Eve, two Ghanaian refugee claimants were badly frostbitten after making the crossing and getting lost.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38927667

[jmg257]

1. Huh - wonder if Canada will want a wall soon.

[applegrove]

2. They interviewd a local who was letting people into his home. They

finally have supplied a center for refugees there. The town Reeve had to be reassured that these people were not dangerous, just cold and hungry. He's obviously been listening to too much Trump.