Sunday, June 17th, 2018. Afternoon,  Roxham Road, USA.
A hot humid day. On arrival the RCMP officer spoke with us and told us that only 8 people had arrived so far that day. He said that there had been fewer people arriving over the last while which reflects our observations. 

While we were there only one group of people arrived at the border.  It was a family from Nigeria:  mother, father, a boy and a girl under 10 years of age and a girl aged 11.  They had been living in the USA before coming to Roxham. They were all very stressed.  We offered them water. The boy had to take some medication and took the water gratefully.   The RCMP officer was polite and stuck to the protocol.  The 11 year old girl crossed after the rest of her family and was afraid. The officer told her not to worry she would not be separated from her family.

Sunday, June 10th 2018. Afternoon. Roxham Road, USA.
We arrived at Roxham early.  Around 4.10pm a taxi from Plattsburgh arrived with a mother and her three children who were originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Next came a single elderly woman from an African country. She appeared quite afraid. Both women raised their arms while crossing the border. 

With the family, the RCMP officer stuck to the protocol however,  the officer gave the single elderly  woman a  long lecture about the 'illegal'  crossing,  saying that she would be arrested and that she had the right to a lawyer. 

Sunday May 27, 2018.  3.45 pm - 5.15 pm  Roxham Road, USA
A rainy chilly day.  A total of 17 people seeking asylum crossed into Canada. First arrived two families from Sudan (three adults, two adolescents and three small children).  Then came a man from Nigeria with two young children, followed by a couple from a Latin American country.  Finally a woman from Angola arrived with a teenage daughter and two small children.   While  there volunteers spoke with an American journalist doing an indepth piece on refugees in the USA.  RCMP officers kept to their protocol when intervening  with each group of people who came to the border today.