US EditionGroup of undocumented migrants arrested in Quebec’s Montérégie
Nineteen Haitian asylum seekers were arrested after illegally crossing from the US, with six treated for frostbite, and one man charged for attempting to pick up migrants.
- On Thursday night, nineteen asylum seekers of Haitian origin were arrested in the Havelock area of Montérégie after allegedly crossing from the United States into Canada.
- The United States Border Patrol alerted the RCMP shortly before 6 p.m., and officers from the Champlain and Valleyfield teams found 15 people around 7 p.m., continuing searches until about 10:30 p.m. in extreme cold.
- The group included people aged from one to 60, and eight people were transported to hospital with six treated for frostbite while two young children were taken as a precaution.
- All intercepted people requested asylum and were transferred to the Canada Border Services Agency, while police arrested one man under Section 117 of the Customs Act and seized his vehicle as the investigation remains ongoing.
- On Christmas evening, the RCMP warned it is extremely dangerous to attempt illegal border crossings in winter amid extreme cold that prolonged searches.
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RCMP Arrest 19 Asylum Seekers in Quebec for Illegal Border Crossing
RCMP in Quebec say they arrested 19 asylum seekers of Haitian origin after the group illegally crossed the U.S.-Canada border. Mounties said the arrests were made after a report by the United States Border Patrol around 6 p.m. on Dec. 25. The group of individuals ranged in age from 1 to 60 years old, according to an RCMP statement provided to The Epoch Times. RCMP said they discovered a group of 15 people hiding in the woods in the Havelock area…
RCMP intercepts 19 Haitian migrants crossing into Montérégie border on Christmas
Nineteen migrants of Haitian origin were arrested on Christmas evening in the Havelock area of Montérégie after illegally crossing the border from the United States into Canada. The group consisted of individuals ranging in age from one to 60, including another three-year-old child. The report was made to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) by […]
Nineteen migrants of Haitian origin were arrested on Christmas evening in the area of Havelock, in Montérégie, after illegally crossing the border from the United States to Canada.
No fewer than 19 Haitian migrants were arrested on Thursday in Montérégie as they walked across the border between the United States and Canada.
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