Refugee claimants from U.S. strain Canada’s border resources
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Nine people flee U.S. border patrol to seek asylum in Canada
Family members are helped into Canada by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers along the U.S.-Canada border near Hemmingford, Quebec. Nine asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a U.S. border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene.
9 asylum-seekers flee U.S. patroller across the border into Canada
A mother and her baby are among the latest people to sneak across the U.S. border into Canada, using an immigration loophole and avoiding controlled crossings. If they make it in, they can apply for asylum.