US EditionThree Facing Smuggling-Related Charges After 44 Migrants Intercepted in Quebec: CBSA
STANSTEAD, QUEBEC, CANADA, AUG 4 – Three suspects charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act after police found 44 mostly Haitian migrants in a confined truck near the border, CBSA said.
- Overnight Sunday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted a cube van in Stanstead, Quebec, with 44 asylum seekers and three alleged smugglers, RCMP spokesperson Charles Poirier said.
- Authorities say the three accused have been charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Customs Act for aiding and facilitating irregular entry.
- Amid the crossing attempt, officers uncovered migrants, including a pregnant woman and children as young as four, in dehydrated, cramped conditions with no air or water, forcing them to stand.
- Migrants were transferred to the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle regional processing centre, where the three suspects will remain detained until their case returns Wednesday and are expected back on Aug. 6.
- With asylum requests surging, Bégin told Radio-Canada that 'It is highly likely that several migrants will be returned to the United States in the coming hours,' as over 3,000 requests were registered at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle in July 2025.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted three suspected smugglers and 44 migrants during the night of Saturday to Sunday while attempting to cross the Canada-U.S. border illegally in the vicinity of Haskell Road, near Stanstead, Estrie.
Three alleged smugglers and 44 migrants were intercepted during the night from Saturday to Sunday as they attempted to enter Canada illegally, near Stanstead, Estrie. "In 25 years of career, this is the first time that there has been a massive entry of this order," says Miguel Bégin, Director of the Eastern Border District of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
44 foreign nationals and three smugglers were intercepted near the Stanstead border.
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