Refugee-friendly Canada tightens its border with the United States
Even so, the country is set to welcome more migrants through legal routes
Wheeling two enormous suitcases and carrying a bulging shoulder bag, Isaïe Jean-Baptiste, his wife Stephanie and their two-year-old daughter Gloria stand on one side of a shallow ditch. On the other is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “If you come any further you will be crossing into Canada and you will be arrested,” says the Mountie. “Understand?” Mr Jean-Baptiste, an agricultural engineer from Haiti, nods his head and steps forward to be arrested, processed and then admitted into Canada as a refugee.
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