WARMINGTON: Federal government books 500 more hotel rooms despite 'closing' Roxham Road

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WARMINGTON: Federal government books 500 more hotel rooms despite 'closing' Roxham Road
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They may be immigration pioneers and amongst the last of the Roxham Road border crossers at the same time.

“This has been a legal loophole that we have been dealing with for a long time and I don’t think it’s fair for asylum seekers to jump the queue at illegal or irregular crossings when you have all the proper processes — and you jump ahead everybody else,” he said. “So I think this is the right way to go about it.

“Everybody has really stepped up,” he said, “the mosques, temples, synagogues, churches, community groups, food banks and small business.”Article content People have donated designer winter jackets, boots and hats, and tried to make the migrants feel at home. The benefactors we spoke with Friday said they appreciate it. Many can be seen walking around in their traditional clothing from their home country mixed in with Canadian wear.An asylum seeker from Africa, one of thousands of migrants staying in hotels in Niagara Falls, Ont., out for a walk on Friday, March 24, 2023.

“There is a process,” the young man Edgardo said about finding some sort of status that will allow him to legally find work. “We are going through the process.”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Recommended from Editorial

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