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Sunday, July 28th, 2019. Afternoon at Roxham Road, USA.
It was 28C in full sunlight, when we arrived at Roxham Road. Later on the blessed clouds breezed in and brought relief. It was an unusually busy afternoon and a total of 18 people crossed while we were there (14 adults and 4 children). The first taxi to arrive brought and young man and woman in their thirties from Haiti. They were not a couple. Next came a taxi bringing a young English speaking woman of African origin with a boy aged about 8 years old wearing red spider man running shoes. The taxi driver helped them to bring their several pieces of luggage to the edge of the border. A minivan taxi arrived bringing six people: a Haitian couple with a year old baby. The couple spoke more Spanish than French or English. The woman explained they had been living in Chili for some time; a young man from Ghana; a middle-aged Mexican man who spoke some English and a young Haitian woman. This group of people had very little luggage. Next arrived a taxi with a couple from Columbia who also spoke some English. The woman was in her third trimester of pregnancy. The couple held hands throughout the process. The last taxi brought a family of six from Pakistan: middle aged parents, a young man, a young woman, a preteen boy and a toddler. They were tired but communicative and accepted our well wishing graciously, thanking us in English. This afternoon the RCMP officers were very friendly and polite and everyone crossed without incident.
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