Border towns quietly mobilizing to help refugee claimants coming to Canada
PLATTSBURGH, United States — As the flow of asylum-seekers crossing into Canada continues, residents in towns along the Canada-U.S. border are quietly mobilizing to help the travellers who pass through in search of better lives.
Janet McFetridge, a resident of Champlain, N.Y., said she started seeing taxis passing by her house in November, around the time Donald Trump was elected president of the United States.
“It’s just unusual because you don’t usually see cabs out here, so it’s very noticeable” she said.
Most of the taxis were heading to Roxham Road, a popular illegal crossing spot where people hop a small ditch into Canada in order to file asylum claims from within the country.