- Title: Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
- Date: 10th August 2017
- Summary: SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, QUEBEC, CANADA (AUGUST 10, 2017) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS HAMMERING TENTS INTO PLACE SHIPPING CONTAINERS AT SIDE OF BORDER CAMP SOLDIERS HAMMERING TENT INTO PLACE SHIPPING CONTAINERS WITH YELLOW TAPE SECTIONING THEM OFF MAN AT ENTRANCE OF TENT, FASTENING IT TOGETHER WINDOW OF TENT ROLLED UP MAN HAMMERING SIDE OF TENT INTO PLACE ENTRANCE OF TENT OPENED, MAN LAYING ON COT WINDOW OF TENT MAN LAYING ON COT VARIOUS OF SOLDIER HAMMERING SIDE OF TENT INTO PLACE
- Embargoed: 25th August 2017 00:41
- Keywords: Haitians soldiers erecting tents for immigrants asylum seekers Trudeau Canada migrants migration crisis refugee crisis Quebec
- Location: SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, QUEBEC, CANADA
- City: SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, QUEBEC, CANADA
- Country: Canada
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TKRZGN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Dozens of army tents dotted the Canadian border on Thursday (August 10) to house hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Haiti, streaming into the country from upstate New York to file refugee claims.
More than 200 people a day are illegally walking across the border into Quebec to seek asylum, government officials said. Over 4,300 asylum seekers have crossed illegally into Canada in the first half of this year, with some citing U.S. President Donald Trump's tougher stance on immigration.
Canada's military has set up heated tents in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec to house up to 500 asylum seekers as they undergo security screenings near the border. Officers from the Canada Border Services Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have also been redeployed to the area to provide additional assistance as authorities grapple with the influx. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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