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Niagara region says it is $5.1-million short in money from the provincial government to adequately respond to an influx of asylum seekers

Though no link has been made between the effective closure of Roxham Road and the deaths of two Romanian and Indian families on the St. Lawrence River in Akwesasne last week, advocates for migrants say they expect more tragedies of the kind as increased border surveillance pushes people to take greater risks. 

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A Toronto lawyer who had represented the Iordache family since 2018, said they were desperate to stay in Canada for the sake of their two children, who were Canadian citizens.

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An Indian and a Romanian family believed to have been trying to enter the U.S. illegally died while crossing the St. Lawrence River late Wednesday night.

The U.S. president is expected to ask Trudeau next week to lead an international security force in the violently unstable country — a challenge some say is very daunting.

$1 billion is significantly more than what the federal government has transferred to provinces in recent years for asylum provisions.

$1 billion is significantly more than what the federal government has transferred to provinces in recent years for asylum provisions.

Instead of the current undignified status quo that forces migrants to enter illegally at Roxham Road, we’re closer to a more humane process