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Historian dann Broyld, a Rochester native, will speak Thursday at the Kodak Center.

Tatenda Mandenga stood before a congregation in a downtown Montreal cathedral on Sunday and spoke the words he was long forced to swallow in his home country. "I'm gay and I own it. This is who I am," he said. The 30-year-old refugee from Zimbabwe, who arrived in Canada last November via Roxham Road, fled his country due to his sexuality, saying he was not free to be himself. "There's freedom for me here," he said of Montreal. "I'm so excited to meet other people like me, so this is home for me.

The Canadian elite has engineered a perfect storm

Canada processed almost 60,000 applications from asylum seekers looking to take refuge here so far this year — the highest count in almost a decade. Experts say it's underscored by one main theme: as the number of global conflicts and crises rise, so will the number of people seeking asylum — not just in Canada, but anywhere they can find it.

A Venezuelan couple shares the story of their journey from South America, across the southern border, through the North Country and into Canada.