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Refugee numbers increase at border crossing in Manitoba
Digital Journal ^ | 07 February 2017

Posted on 02/10/2017 11:17:24 AM PST by Lorianne

last weekend almost two dozen refugees walked over the border from the U.S. into Canada. Officials in the municipality of Emerson-Franklin directly south of Winnipeg worry about dealing with the rising numbers as they seem to be increasing.

Doug Johnston a councilor for the municipality said:"This is right off the scale for us."

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that 22 people had crossed the border for Noyes, Minnesota into the Emerson area in Manitoba Canada. Johnston said that this is more than he has ever seen within such a short period. Rita Chahai, director of the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council said that last week another 10 refugee claimant files had been opened. Chahai said:

"What we notice when they are in our office is that they are just extremely grateful and happy they have a chance at a fair hearing. To us, that's what is really important; that they are out of harm's way."

Most of the refugees come north to Manitoba through Minneapolis Minnesota. They are originally from such places as Somalia, Ghana and Djibouti. Four who arrived this weekend were from Somalia. Many of the refugees have no clue about weather conditions in Manitoba at this time of year and are not properly dressed. Johnston said he fears that some refugee is going to die if the number trying to get in increases while it is dead winter still.

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aliens; landupnorth
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To: butlerweave

When was the last time Refugees entered Canada from the US ,War of 1812 or the Civil War ?


Neither. Canada has never received “refugees” from the US. Some draft dodgers and criminals, yes.


21 posted on 02/10/2017 11:55:20 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Lorianne

22 so called “refugees” are “off the scale” ???

feel sorry for Germany they have 2 Million...

and how did people living in the US get to be “refugees” ???


22 posted on 02/10/2017 12:06:00 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: dfwgator

theres Tim Hortons in Buffalo NY they can come back if they need their fix...

and I agree...as soon as I cross the border I always head for the closest Tim Horton’s

:)


23 posted on 02/10/2017 12:08:15 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: laplata

Johnny Rebs from Tennessee would go to Canada during the War between the States but they weren’t refugees they were just hanging out having a respite from the fighting ...AKA AWOL...

one area in St Catherines was such a popular place it became known as Tennessee Street to this day...

:)


24 posted on 02/10/2017 12:12:10 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: JBW1949
We need to put explicit directions to Canada on all leftist media sites...

Go down to the Shell station at the corner of Woodward and Main, turn right, then keep going straight for 700 miles. Can't miss it.


25 posted on 02/10/2017 12:15:04 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Lorianne

You asked for them, we are happy to deliver.


26 posted on 02/10/2017 12:30:34 PM PST by gunnut
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To: butlerweave
Last refugee wave was 1965-1975.

Canada does not take refugees from the US because the US itself is deemed a safe country for refugees. These people will probably be sent back. At least I hope so.

27 posted on 02/10/2017 12:30:52 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (We live in interesting times)
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To: gunnut

Canada will be building a wall when they get sick of them. And sick of the liberal(s) leading the country.


28 posted on 02/10/2017 12:43:53 PM PST by lilypad
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To: dfwgator

Yep. And it is an interesting crossing point. US 75 on the Minnesota side of the Red River and I-29 on the North Dakota side. Not the closest crossing to Minneapolis, St. Paul which is in the eastern side of the state, but the best road access.


29 posted on 02/10/2017 12:47:59 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Tennessee Nana

There was even a skirmish in St. Albans, Vermont by some Confederate raiders who crossed over from Canada. They had to be treated as POWs, as I recall, because they put on the CSA uniforms before launching the raid.


30 posted on 02/10/2017 12:52:59 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Lorianne

Good! GTFO!


31 posted on 02/10/2017 12:59:43 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Hi Tennessee Nana!

Thanks for that neat info. I love trivia like that.

:)

I remember my Grandmother, who was from the South, saying “That is enough to feed Coxey’s army” or “There are enough of them to make up Coxey’s army”, etc. But she died before I could ask her who Coxey was. Her accent or pronunciation might have distorted what I heard.

Do you know who “Coxey” was?


32 posted on 02/10/2017 1:20:20 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Lorianne

Canada and Mexico actively support human trafficking in to the USA so they don’t have to deal with these “refugees.” But why would they send them to the evil racist xenophobic bigoted USA?


33 posted on 02/10/2017 1:37:37 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: Lorianne
How many Hollywood libtards were in the crowds crossing into Canada?

Here's a few who threatened to go to Canada if and when Trump was elected President.

Why the heck are they still here?

Can't they tell the truth about anything!


34 posted on 02/10/2017 2:02:30 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Lorianne

Let em freeze


35 posted on 02/10/2017 2:04:26 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: laplata

Coxey’s army was a group of unemployed protestors who marched on Washington but it was decades after the civil war...


36 posted on 02/10/2017 2:16:22 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Thank you. I appreciate it.

I thought it was a Confederate general but couldn’t find one.


37 posted on 02/10/2017 2:35:54 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Lorianne
22... they're losing their sh!t over 22...
38 posted on 02/10/2017 3:28:11 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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