The illegal economic migrant entry into Canada via the infamous Roxham Road hasn’t stopped over the past few years. It only stopped occupying mainstream media headlines.
A recap: illegal migrants flowed in from the U.S. through the notorious Roxham Road in Quebec following Trump’s Executive Order to temporarily ban travelers from seven countries of concern, most of which were Muslim. In response to that Order, Trudeau immediately tweeted a welcome to refugees, trying to present himself as the savior to these illegals. Trudeau tweeted: “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.” This was taken as a free-for-all invitation.
A second tweet “included a 2015 photo of Trudeau welcoming a Syrian refugee at a Canadian airport.” By then, the message was crystal clear. A couple of months later, the New York Times ran an article entitled Losing Hope in U.S., Migrants Make Icy Crossing to Canada. The article featured a man from Somalia, Bashir Yussuf, who made a long trek to Canada and along with “19 other Africans had emerged on the Canadian side of the border.” Between 2017 and 2019, roughly 40,000 more illegals had swarmed into Canada at Roxham Road.
Although the largest concentration of illegals were Haitians, by 2019, the largest concentration was reportedly from Nigeria, while Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Yemen were in the top 12 countries of origin. Illegals from around the world were responding to the big welcome from Trudeau, who also threw out a welcome mat to returning Islamic State jihadis.
The Roxham Road problem became such a nightmare for local residents that Trudeau began paying those who live in the area up to $25,000 for disruptions caused by the migrant influx.
Some things don’t change, such as Trudeau’s reckless leadership, which includes the open-door immigration policies he shares with other globalists, including Biden. Record numbers are now pouring in, but where are they going to go and who will be footing the bill for them? Hint: recall what happened at the Radisson Toronto East hotel, where about 400 refugees from Africa occupied all but two floors of the hotel, turning the Radisson into a squalid migrant camp.
How illegal migrants will thrive in a bad economy is not a consideration for Trudeau, a notoriously lavish spender who is well pampered, courtesy of Canadian taxpayers. Canada’s economy is in bad shape and many of its own longtime, dedicated citizens can barely afford to feed their families.
“Trudeau continues immigration games as Roxham Road sees record numbers,” by Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, July 21, 2022:
In the first six months of this year, more people crossed illegally into Canada at Roxham Road in Quebec than in all of 2019. The asylum seekers fast-track route may have all but shut down for much of the pandemic, but now it’s back in business with gusto.
According to the latest federal figures, 16,319 people entered Canada at “irregular” border crossings in Quebec between Jan. 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022. That includes 3,449 in May and 3,066 in June.Those are the second- and third-highest months on record, surpassed only by August 2017.
By comparison, in 2019 a total of 16,136 people crossed at Roxham Road, and there were 18,518 illegal crossers in 2018 and 18,836 in 2017. The advent of COVID-19 saw the flow of asylum seekers at the Quebec-New York border slow to a trickle with just over 3,000 in 2020 and just over 4,000 in 2021, with most of them coming in December of that year.
This whole thing started when Justin Trudeau put out a tweet welcoming the world to Canada as then newly elected president Donald Trump threatened to deport people back to Haiti from the United States. What was lost on most is that Trump was ending a program that allowed people to stay in the U.S. if they were displaced by the earthquake or at risk following Haiti’s 2004 coup. Canada had ended a similar program years earlier under the Harper government and Trudeau had kept the policy in place and was removing people even as he criticized Trump.
With Trump threatening to do what Canada had already done, many looked north, and Trudeau welcomed them with open arms.
“To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada” Trudeau tweeted on January 28, 2017.
Days later, embassy staff from Mexico were writing to officials at Global Affairs seeking advice on how to handle people looking to declare refugee status in Canada.
“We are receiving an increasing number of enquiries from the public about requesting refugee status in Canada, and a number clearly having links with our Prime Minister’s tweet this weekend,” one email read.
It wasn’t just staff in Mexico. Word spread that Canada would take anyone as a refugee and many decided to use the illegal border crossing to skip dealing with the system.
Since then, more than 77,000 people — that’s more than the population of Belleville, Ont. or Chateauguay, Que. — have crossed at Roxham alone. The government has built special processing facilities there, establishing posts for immigration and RCMP officers to process people….
Nigeria is the biggest source of people crossing at Roxham and just 30% of the more than 16,000 who crossed there between February 2017 and March 2022 were accepted as valid refugees. For the more than 10,000 Haitians who crossed — the second-largest source country, just 23% were accepted.
Roxham Road has become a way for those looking to skip the long delays in legal, economic migration to get into Canada…..
CogitoErgoSum says
A quick google search for the richest country in Africa turns out to be Nigeria. Why are these people leaving Nigeria?
somehistory says
If they are Christians, perhaps to escape the slaughter.
If mozlums, to find new killing fields where they can do more slaughtering and it’s not so hot while they are kidnapping, raping, and slicing necks. And maybe they can get some monetary benefits.
With all the slaughtering being done by moz in nigeria, there has to be the risk of running out of victims
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, I was thinking many of these Nigerians are probably Christians fleeing persecution by Muslims. I wish I knew for certain but Canada and the news media do not seem to want to let everyone know the reason.
CogitoErgoSum says
PS: If these people are Christians fleeing persecution, why do they have to sneak into Canada illegally? Shouldn’t Trudeau be making it easier for them to come to Canada legally? That is, Trudeau would do that if he were really the great humanitarian he wants everybody to believe that he is. I think he’s just a phony.
somehistory says
It was the same with ‘bo’ and his not allowing Christians to stay here…even after they were legally helped and sponsored by American citizens. They don’t give a care about Christians.
moz lovers don’t want to help Christians…or others…who might actually be of benefit to a nation and not a load of evil trouble.
gravenimage says
Maybe some are Christian refugees–but in that case you’d think they’d be applying for asylum, not sneaking in.
Infidel says
My question: are the bulk of those Nigerians Christians fleeing the genocide, or are they muslims? Since Comrade Trudeau is incapable of discerning b/w the two
Tom says
The millions illegally crossing the southern border of the USA will not all remain in the US but many will yet again show complete disregard for the laws of a country and will illegally cross into Canada.
Canadian taxpayers will end up paying for the terrible open border policies of the Biden administration and Trudeau welcoming the world to illegally come to Canada.
Inflation, a recession and the inability to feed their families may be the only things that might make Canadians change their government and thereby, the course of our country from imminent economic and social collapse, to a prosperous nation that once again gets control of its immigration system.
mortimer says
Boko Haram comes to Canada … peachy.
CogitoErgoSum says
I’m not sure I understand how these Nigerians are getting to Canada. Are they going from Nigeria to Mexico, then from Mexico to the U.S. and then from the U.S. into Canada?
gravenimage says
Canada: Record numbers of illegal migrants entering the country, predominantly from Nigeria
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These are not refugees–how many safe nations do you have to pass through before reaching Canada from Nigeria?
Andrew Blackadder says
The enrichment of Canada begins…. Lock up yer daughters…
Ugly Sid says
People knock the electoral college because it can elect a president who is 49/51.
Of course, they could become Canadian, with the parliamentary system and it’s plethora of mini parties. Then they can enjoy a prime minister who was 30/70. And who acts like he’s getting revenge on the 70 by erasing their country.
Carol the 1st says
Someone here amusingly called Nigeria the As*hole of the World. Isn’t it one of Margaret Trudeau’s pet projects? And how much money might be going Mummy’s way? (Justin never distracts himself with such tiresome detail – money on ledgers fails to interest him.
I seem to recall a video of Justin and some token black sports appointee/dude sucking up to the sneeringly amused leader of Nigeria (and weren’t lots of Christians burnt to a crisp in nearby cars the night before? – as was probably reported here). Nigeria has lots and lots of OIL (and Justin had just put a big stopper on our pipeline) and, if I recall correctly, Justin’s being “IN” with Nigeria meant positioning himself well for his UN aspirations? Maybe the “refugee” virtue-signal might also help raise his score?
Meanwhile in my downtown neighborhood hearing of machetes’ being waved about and carried down the street is no longer shockingly surprising. I wonder where that idea came from?