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14 images Created 1 May 2017

A Quiet Migration

Driven by fear of the proposed immigration policies of the new Trump administration and the stark racism his discourse has unleashed, a record number of migrants have been crossing illegally into Canada from the United States. Fearing rejection of their refugee claims at legal border crossings because of the 2004 Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement, refugees have been entering Canada illegally to make their asylum claims, primarily in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Quebec, in the dangerous cold of winter or under the cover of night. Although this migration is small compared to others around the world, the reasons behind it are the same: individuals and families risking the unknown in order to live in peace and security. Here are some of the scenes one is encountering almost daily along the Canada-US border in 2017.
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  • February 25, 2017 – Hemmingford, Quebec : A taxi carrying migrants seeking asylum in Canada stops near the Canada-US border on Roxham Road in upstate New York.
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  • February 25, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : Upon learning he will be arrested by RCMP officers, a refugee from Eritrea hesitates before crossing illegally into Canada.
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  • February 25, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : A woman from Sudan carries her belongings across the Canadian border on Roxham Road in southern Quebec.
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  • March 7, 2017 - Champlain, New York : Roxham road in upstate New York is the road most migrants have been taking to Canada to claim asylum since the election of Donald Trump.
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  • March 26, 2017 – Noyes, North Dakota : At the Canada-US border, a migrant from Ghana stops to rest, looking toward Canada where he plans to make an asylum claim.
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  • March 5, 2017 -  Hemmingford, Quebec : Upon learning he will be arrested by the RCMP, a migrant from an undisclosed country hesitates before crossing illegally into Canada.
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  • March 5, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : A migrant mother from Yemen leads her family across the Canadian border on Roxham Road.
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  • March 24, 2017 – Emerson, Manitoba : A row of trees line the Canada-US border on the southern bank of the Red River in the town of Emerson.
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  • February 25, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : RCMP officers search two members of a family of refugees from Djibouti who made an illegal crossing into Canada on Roxham Road.
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  • February 25, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : An RCMP officer searches a migrant from  Eritrea who crossed illegally into Canada on Roxham Road.
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  • February 25, 2017 - Hemmingford, Quebec : After being warned of imminent arrest upon entering Canada illegally, a migrant mother from Djibouti cares for her infant in a stroller. The woman chose to make her refugee claim legally in Lacolle, Quebec, where she was granted asylum.
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  • March 27, 2017 – Emerson, Manitoba : Their hands raised in the air to indicate they do not represent a danger, migrants from Djibouti and Somalia make an illegal entry into Canada.
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  • March 27, 2017 - Emerson, Manitoba : Refugees from Djibouti and Somalia walk through the streets in search of local authorities after crossing illegally into Canada at 4 am.
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  • August 10, 2017 – Champlain, New York : A man's suit hangs in a field meters from the US-Canada border on Roxham Road.
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