Residents of a fire-damaged apartment building in Fredericton are being told to clear out all their possessions even the ones that have to go straight to the dump or risk losing their damage deposit.
Several people and families have had to start their asylum application without a lawyer after being transferred to New Brunswick from Quebec where they crossed into the country from the United States through Roxham Road.
An influx of asylum
seekers into Canada via unofficial border crossings has prompted
the federal government to relocate refugees from Quebec as far
as Atlantic provinces, some more than 1,000. | March 28, 2023
An influx of asylum seekers into Canada via unofficial border crossings has prompted the federal government to relocate refugees from Quebec as far as Atlantic provinces, some more than 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) away, and hire a risk mitigation company to deal with the record surge.