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WickedsDesire -> Canada opens Montreal Olympic Stadium for migrants from US (8/3/2017 7:15:13 AM)
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Canada opens Montreal Olympic Stadium for migrants from US
Montreal is temporarily opening its Olympic Stadium as a shelter to host a sudden increase in asylum seekers arriving from the US.
More than 4,300 people have crossed into Canada seeking refugee status since January.
The majority have crossed into the province of Quebec, straining government and community resources.
Many of them have been denied asylum in the US and are hoping for a second chance on the other side of the border.
The stadium received the request for space last Friday.
Asylum seekers began to be moved into the building, one of Montreal's most well-known landmarks, on Wednesday morning.
More than 3,300 people crossed into Quebec between 1 January and 30 June.
....Francine Dupuis, of Praida, a provincial programme for the reception and integration of asylum seekers, told the BBC that another 1,200 people crossed into the province in July, about 90% of them from Haiti.
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Less than 10 000 per year is still fairly modest - but thats the American Border - I have no idea what their annual total is.
Canada population is 35 million - half the UK and 1/10 the USA
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