A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and went into labour.
On February 26, 2017, eight migrants cross into Canada from the United States by walking down this train track into the town of Emerson, Man., where they will seek asylum at Canada Border Services Agency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsLast Updated Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:42PM EDT
Emerson-Franklin Reeve Dave Carlson said the 25-year-old woman, who was nine months pregnant, was very lucky firefighters located her quickly Saturday morning. "It's definitely dangerous," Carlson said in an interview on Tuesday. "You can get yourself in a bad situation quickly, especially someone in the condition she is in."
On Christmas Eve in 2016, two men lost fingers to severe frostbite after crossing in the same area during a blizzard. The two men from Ghana were among the first wave of refugee claimants to walk across the border into Canada after the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, made executive orders on immigration.
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