Quebec Border Crossing

• Asylum seekers can use Quebec’s Roxham Road crossing as pandemic ban lifted

  The federal government ordered the crossing shut in March 2020 as the pandemic closed the U.S.-Canada border, but as of Sunday the order has been lifted.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2021
  
• 7 sent back to Canada after driving across library lawn to illegally enter U.S.

  The car was captured on security camera nearly hitting another car as it turned onto a street in the Vermont community, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2021
  
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• Canadian immigration system ‘not equipped’ to handle influx of irregular migrants: auditor general

  The spring report by the auditor general found the Canadian immigration system has not been able to handle the spike in claims made by an influx of irregular migrants.

  Politics

  May 7, 2019
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• Ottawa to pay over $400K to Roxham Road residents over irregular border crossings

  The document says eight homes will receive the maximum compensation of $25,000, 15 will receive $10,000, and 22 households in the outermost zone will receive $2,500.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2019
• More than half of Quebec asylum seekers had some kind of ‘legal status’ in U.S. before crossing to Canada

  It is not clear how many of the asylum seekers may have held U.S. permanent residency status versus a soon-to-expire temporary protected status or even a travel visa.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2018
• This week on Focus Montreal: April 7

  This week on Focus Montreal: Jean-Pierre Fortin discusses the recent uptick in asylum seekers crossing illegally into Canada, a McGill prof explains his unique idea to do away with sandbags during floods, and Great Montrealer Matthew Pearce talks about how the Old Brewery Mission has changed its approach to homelessness.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2018
• Bob Layton editorial: The emperor has no clothes

  Do you agree with the prime minister when he says our immigration system is working as it should?

  Blogs

  Aug 24, 2017
• Illegal border crossings spike in Quebec, decline in Manitoba

  New figures released today show a shift in where the RCMP are arresting people crossing illegally into Canada.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2017