Altona: Emerson and Altona Students

altona: You can see the private resettlement project in Altona probably one of the best examples that you get and then you can go to Emerson and see what's called the irregular border crossers, and, you know, that was a big story for us in the U.S. '1088237635784', 'playlist Selector' 'container Selector' ' container8471251', 'ciid' 'caffeine14387596' ; Journalism students from U.S. Ivy League school visited Winnipeg, Emerson, Altona3 55 Students spoke to officials dealing with incoming asylum seekers in Emerson, met refugees in Altona, toured a Winnipeg resettlement agency, and took in a Jets game on Thursday night, according to CBC. I don't think it changed attitudes. If you want to look at all the aspects of Canadian refugee policy, this is the place to do it, said Deborah Amos, a journalist with NPR and Princeton journalism professor. I think it deepened understanding, and that was the point of this trip, Amos said. I think that we think of living in the United States as a safe country for refugees and just seeing the reasons that people are coming across the border has been both horrifying but also a very important learning experience, he said. Update on number of asylum seekers only tells part of the story Kieran Murphy, one of Amos's students, said he was struck by the personal stories of some of the refugees he met. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.