Since President Trump came into office, some refugees living in the U.S. have decided they would be better off in Canada.
But making that journey can be harrowing and potentially life threatening, as this recent New York Times article details.
The Atlantic earlier this year published a photo essay featuring refugees trying to enter Canada across the U.S. border.
This photo shows a family from Sudan attempting to enter Canada.
(photo credit: Christinne Muschi/Reuters).
And this photo is of a family from Yemen trying to cross the U.S.-Canada border.
(photo credit: Christinne Muschi/Reuters)
Other news coverage includes this Independent (UK) story from earlier this year, which focused on the small Canadian border town of Emerson, which has seen a surge of refugees trying to cross into Canada.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 