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Asylum seekers from India swindled into paying thousands for free services, say health workers

Asylum seekers from India swindled into paying thousands for free services, say health workers Verity Stevenson © Verity Stevenson/CBC Anne-Marie Bellemare is a social worker in Montreal s Parc-Extension neighbourhood. She says some of her clients have told her they paid tens of thousands of dollars to people organizing their passage to Canada. This story is based on an investigation by Romain Schué for Radio-Canada s program Enquête . Thousands of dollars in fees but no invoices. Charges for services that are otherwise free. Cases dropped without warning. As Montreal social worker Anne-Marie Bellemare started meeting more and more asylum-seeking clients from northern India about 18 months ago, she began to notice a worrying pattern. She likens it to extortion and says she believes it s happening both in their home country and in Canada.

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