A better life and an easier path to full citizenship are what most Somalis living in Minneapolis associate with Canada. “Canada is the dreamland. The paradise for Somalis right now,” Saciido Shaie, a Somali-American living in Minneapolis, said. She had no idea her friend was planning to walk across the border until he called her from Winnipeg last month. Global’s Sean Leslie reports.
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