BORDER VISIT november 16, 2017

Thursday, November 16, 2017. Roxham Road, Champlain, NYS. Four members of Bridges Not Borders  met with a member of Plattsburg Cares at the USA side of Roxham Road. During the hour we spent there, two refugees crossed into Canada. The first person to arrive was a woman from Eritrea some 50-60 years old, who had been living in the southern USA for many years. She was afraid of being deported back to her country.  Wearing flip flops and traditional dress despite the cold weather, she hesitated at the border as the RCMP told her it was illegal to cross and she would be arrested. She was visibly afraid, but eventually did cross into Canada.  Later a young man from Haiti arrived and quickly crossed over.