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The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner. Long close partners in anti-narcotics efforts, the U.S. and Colombia clashed …
Read More »Migrants brace for Trump’s mass deportation threat with panic buttons, long-term babysitters
The most immediate risk after next week’s U.S. presidential transition isn’t to residents of those nations Donald Trump has mused about invading. It’s to the millions of people inside the United States who are about to enter four years of fear: the undocumented migrants Trump has vowed to deport en masse. They …
Read More »Some migrants facing deportation go to these holding centres. CBC News went inside one
Parts of Toronto’s Immigration Holding Centre — where migrants are detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) before they’re either deported or released into the community to wait for their immigration cases to be heard — look like university dorm rooms. Minley Lloyd is a CBSA assistant director of …
Read More »Migrants promised a ‘VIP’ route to the U.S. from an idyllic Colombian island find danger instead
When Mafer González set foot on land after a gruelling 10-hour boat journey from the Colombian island of San Andrés last October, she said it felt like her soul had returned to her body. González and the 17 other Venezuelan migrants who’d crossed the Caribbean waters to Nicaragua in a small …
Read More »Migrants caught in freezing bog near Manitoba border are from Mexico, officials say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size United States officials say at least seven of the nine men caught crossing the border this week from southeast Manitoba are Mexican citizens. RCMP were first alerted to the group when one of them called 911 early Tuesday suffering from the cold weather. The …
Read More »Family of Indian migrants who died in Quebec shocked by river crossing attempt
An Indian national who died with his family last week when a boat capsized in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to enter the United States was “mortally afraid of water,” says his cousin. Pravinbhai Chaudhari, 49, was found in a marshy area in Akwesasne, Que., with his wife …
Read More »Search suspended for man linked to dead migrants, Akwesasne police say efforts exhausted
Police say they believe they have exhausted search efforts on the water for 30-year-old Casey Oakes and are set to resume normal patrol operations. News Source link
Read More »Missing Akwesasne man tied to migrants found dead in St. Lawrence River, police say
Authorities investigating the disappearance of an Akwesasne man whose boat was found near the bodies of eight migrants pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week are confirming he is connected to the case. In a statement, Akwesasne Mohawk police say Casey Oakes is linked to the discovery on Thursday …
Read More »Ontario mayors seek help, clarity from Ottawa to support Roxham Road asylum seekers
The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial border crossing in Quebec. The leaders of Niagara Falls, Cornwall and Windsor say local supports are being stretched to capacity …
Read More »Niagara sees ‘surge’ in demand for services as Quebec migrants transferred to Ontario
A community group in Ontario’s Niagara region says it was already dealing with a tripling of requests for assistance from asylum seekers before Ottawa recently began transferring more migrants to the province from Quebec. Deanna D’Elia, the general manager of employment and immigrant services at the YMCA of Niagara, said …
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