The camp of migrants in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is empty

JOEL LEMAY/QMI AGENCY

Yves Poirier

Wednesday, 30 August, 2017 17:41

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SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE – major Reversal of situation at the canada-united states border at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle which indicates they may be a glimpse of the end of this wave of migrants coming from the United States.

The canada border services Agency (CBSA) has confirmed to TVA News that the tents of the army that served as accommodation are completely empty. Moreover, it is currently processing 100 requests per day, far from the peak of the 300 traps every day.

The processing of applications is now done in a day, so that it was necessary to calculate a period of two to three days for the same operation a few weeks ago, when the site was overflowing.

A possible explanation for this drastic change is the intervention of the federal mp Emmanuel Dubourg, who went to Miami, Florida, to speak with the haitian community, and demystify the process of immigration to Canada.

“We know that the federal government has made a lot of efforts through its consulates to explain that this was not so simple as that, that this was not a blank cheque auto to cross the border,” said Francine Dupuis, chair-deputy director general of the CIUSSS of Centre-Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal.