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RCMP say 21 people arrested for illegally crossing border at Emerson, Manitoba

RCMP say 21 people arrested for illegally crossing border at Emerson, Manitoba | iNFOnews.ca
A sign is seen near Emerson, Man. Thursday, February 9, 2016. Refugees have been crossing the closed border port into Canada at Emerson and authorities had a town hall meeting in Emerson to discuss their options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

EMERSON, Man. – The Mounties say 21 people crossed the border illegally overnight near a Manitoba community where there has been a surge in people seeking asylum.

RCMP say they arrested two groups of people illegally crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, late Friday and early Saturday.

They say there were five people in the first group and 16 in the second group.

Police say all of the people asked to make refugee claims and were taken to the Canada Border Services Agency port at Emerson so they could do so.

An increasing number of refugee claimants, mostly from African countries such as Somalia and Ghana, have been risking freezing temperatures and walking through farmers fields to get over the border and into Emerson in the last few months.

The numbers have gone up following planned new restrictions in the United States on refugees.

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