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Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing, might be closed but asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal's Trudeau Airport.
This May, Montreal-based filmmaker, animator, and digital storytelling instructor Paul Tom releases his first book, Alone: The Journey of Three Young Refugees (Groundwood Books), published in French as Seuls by La Courte Echelle. Adapted from the 2021 film of the same name, and illustrated by Mélanie Baillairgé (with translation by Arielle Aaronson), the graphic novel
According to new public data, more than 4,500 people applied for asylum in January and February, after crossing Roxham Road.