Manitoba Border Deaths

• India arrests 6 in illegal immigration crackdown sparked by family’s death in Manitoba

  The family of four found frozen to death near the Canada-U.S. border were traced to the Indian province of Gujarat, where hundreds of Indians travel from to the West every year.

  Crime

  Jan 27
  
• ‘To them you are money — that’s it’: Human smuggling victim says desperation made him vulnerable

  "He told me, 'You can get your citizenship in Canada and get a better life and job and in two months, you get your PR."

  Canada

  Jan 24
  
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• Why migrants risk everything to cross borders in unsafe conditions

  Migration experts say the freezing deaths along the Manitoba border were predictable and preventable. Canada and other countries need to ask why migrants resort to human smugglers.

  Canada

  Jan 24
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• Migrant deaths at Canada-U.S. border ‘warning shot’ of more to come: expert

  U.S. officials allege a family of four who died at Manitoba's border with the country were part of a larger group of Indian migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Canada.

  Canada

  Jan 22
• Survival outdoors in extreme cold treacherous for anyone, expert says

  After four people died while attempting to cross the Manitoba-U.S. border, survival experts say when it comes to extreme cold and blowing snow, it's easy to be underprepared.

  Weather

  Jan 21