Border visit november 11, 2018

Sunday November 11, 2018. Afternoon. Roxham Road, NYS, USA.
A very cold day. The first snow of the year.  A total of 10 people (five adults and five children) crossed into Canada while we were there. As we waited a car arrived carrying a journalist from Dutch TV who spoke to us for a while.  They were visiting North America for two days and interviewing people in Canada and the US.

Eventually two taxis arrived. In one taxi there was a  single man and a family (mother, father and two children) and in the second taxi there was only a single man. They were all from Pakistan.  They appreciated the warm clothes and welcome.

About 15 mins later another taxi  arrived with a Nigerian woman and her 3 children, six to twelve years old.   The mother was visibly very upset  and  it seemed her greatest fear was that she would be separated from her children (as was done at the southern border in the US earlier this year).  We felt it really made a difference that we were there, though she was still upset going over the border. She too accepted some warm things for herself and her children.

The RCMP were polite and respected the protocol.