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On this blog, we are posting information about our visits to the border at Roxham Road, USA side.
For more information about the purpose of these visits go to the news page. 

Sur ce blogue, nous affichons des informations sur nos visites à la frontière, Roxham Road, États Unis.
​ Pour plus d'info sur le but de ces visites allez sur la page nouvelles.

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3/23/2019

border visits march 10 & 17 2019

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Sunday March 10th in the evening and Sunday March 17th in the afternoon. Roxham Road, USA.
No one came to Roxham Road when we were there on these two dates.  This reflects the decrease in the arrivals of people at Roxham Road in 2019.

So far this year,  871 refugees arrived in January and 800 in February.  This is 48% less than the numbers from 2018:  in January 2018 1,458 people entered through Roxham Road and in February the number was 1,486 people. 

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3/6/2019

border visit march 3, 2019

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Sunday, March 3  2019. Afternoon at Roxham Road, USA.
A relatively mild day, we were able to stay outside without starting to freeze! In total six people crossed into Canada while we were there. None of the people who crossed were wearing winter boots, or good winter coats.

Two men of African origin men arrived first.  We could not make out where they said they were from. They were happy to take hats and scarves.  About a half hour later a taxi brought an African woman with a 2-year old girl child. She was not interested in any warm things. The taxi driver told us they  were from Swaziland (a small country in southern Africa).

Shortly after, another taxi brought a young man from Ethiopia who was happy to put on a woollen hat, scarf and gloves.  He crossed just after the woman and little girl crossed and he was made to wait outside the building for several minutes. We were glad he was protected from the cold.

The last person to arrive by taxi was a young woman from Lebanon. She spoke very little English, but was happy to take gloves and a scarf. We gave her a hug and wished her well in Canada.

The RCMP officers were friendly. One of them asked the man from Ethiopia where he was from, but other than that they stuck to their protocol.

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3/6/2019

border visit february 24, 2019

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Sunday, February 27  2019. Afternoon at Roxham Road, US.
Only one person crossed into Canada while we were there.  A man of African origin arrived in the taxi. He did not say much but was happy to get mitts and a scarf.  The RCMP officers respected their protocol and he crossed into Canada without incident.

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    The border visit reports are written by the volunteers who were at the border on that day.
    ​Les rapports de nos visites à la frontière sont rédigés par les bénévoles qui étaient à la frontière ce jour-là. Nous sommes désolés de ne pas avoir les ressources pour traduire ces rapports en français.

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  • Home
  • About
  • Quant a
  • Info 1
    • Info for Refugees >
      • Before you travel
      • Crossing at a POE
      • Crossing at Roxham Road
      • UNHCR info sheets
    • Info pour réfugiés >
      • Avant de partir
      • Entrer à un PEO
      • Traverser par le chemin Roxham
      • Fiches info HCR
    • Info para refugiados >
      • Antes de viajar
      • Cruce en un POE
      • Cruce en Roxham Road
      • Fichas info del ACNUR
    • Info in Arabic
    • Info in Kreyól
  • Info 2
    • STCA
    • ETPS
    • Refugees: Myths and Facts
    • Refugiés : mythes et faits
    • Who?
    • Qui ?
    • Why?
    • Pourquoi ?
  • News
    • Media
  • Nouvelles
    • Médias
  • Blog
  • What?
  • Quoi ?
  • Links / Liens
  • Contact
  • What Happens at Roxham 8 Languages