Canada closed a border loophole. Where will migrants go?
May 16, 2023
25:11
For a year and a half, almost 50,000 migrants had walked into Canada via Quebec’s Roxham Road to seek asylum.
Then, at midnight on the morning of March 25th, Roxham Road – and the immigration loophole that made it a famous irregular border crossing – effectively closed.
CBC Montreal reporter Verity Stevenson has been speaking to migrants who arrived at Roxham soon after the change, only to suddenly discover their journey would be cut short. Today, she brings us their stories, as well as what she saw in towns south of the U.S. border that are hosting hundreds of asylum seekers rejected from Canada.
For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
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