Greg Janzen: People and Refugee Claims

greg janzen: I had a few people call me saying they were ringing their doorbell and banging their doors, said Greg Janzen, the community's reeve, according to Huffington Post Canada. I know one household that let a young family in until the police came, he added. RCMP say they arrested two groups of people, one group of 16 and the other of five, illegally crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, late Friday and early Saturday. Police say all of the people asked to make refugee claims and were taken to the Canada Border Services Agency port at Emerson so they could do so. An increasing number of refugee claimants, mostly from African countries such as Somalia and Ghana, have been risking freezing temperatures and walking through farmers fields to get over the border and into Emerson in the last few months. No one could be reached with the border services agency on Saturday for word on their status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.