border visit december 8, 2019

Sunday, December 8th 2019. Afternoon at Roxham Road, US.

A cold day. We arrived at 3.30pm.  Seven people crossed into Canada while we were there.

The first taxi came at about 4pm bringing a woman holding a baby wrapped in a blanket. She was nervous and did not want to talk and crossed the border without a problem.

Minutes later a second  taxi arrived with two men who stated that they had come from Venezuela. One of them  very gratefully accepted mittens and a scarf.

5 minutes later a taxi arrived with a woman on her own. She had three suitcases and was in distress.  She was crying and  was not able to talk, but accepted a pair of gloves. The RCMP officer permitted the taxi driver to help with the suitcases.

Finally about twenty minutes before 5pm  the last taxi arrived arrived with a couple fro Venezuela who crossed without  a problem.

Most of the arrivals were well prepared for the cold but some of them accepted warm things.