Some Haitian Border-Crossers Sent Back to US After Arrests in Quebec

Some Haitian Border-Crossers Sent Back to US After Arrests in Quebec
An RCMP officer checks the border between Quebec and New York State on Roxham Road in St. Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. on Jan.15, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
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Canadian officials have evaluated asylum claims from 19 Haitian migrants who were arrested in Quebec on Christmas day and have returned an undisclosed number of them to the United States after deeming them inadmissible, Canada’s border agency says.

RCMP officers arrested a group of people on Dec. 25 ranging in age from one to 60 after they were discovered hiding in the woods in the Havelock area of Montérégie, Que., located roughly five kilometres from the New York state border.