Border Crossings: People and Border

border crossings: Meanwhile, some 435 people have crossed illegally into Canada in places like Emerson, Man. about the same number of illegal entrants per month as last year, according to Hamilton Spectator. While the RCMP say they have yet to lay charges against anyone who has come across the border illegally in recent months, border officials also say most have been deemed eligible to make asylum claims. Since the start of this year, 1,698 people have presented themselves at Canada-U. S. border crossings and asked for refugee protection, compared with 728 people who did so during the same period of 2016. That means none can be charged with crossing illegally into Canada until after those claims are heard, a process that will take months. Here are the answers to some common questions about what's happening at the Canada-U. S. border. 1. Officials who hosted Thursday's technical briefing declined to say at what point they'd consider the rising number of claimants a trend, or whether warmer weather could increase those crossing into Canada between border points. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.