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Friday 31 March 2023 - 22:36

Six Bodies Found Near Canada Border With US

Story Code : 1049873
Six Bodies Found Near Canada Border With US
They said they were still trying to identify the dead and their status in Canada.

It was immediately known if they were migrants trying to cross the border, police said on Thursday.

The bodies were found in Tsi Snaihne area which lied on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, east of Akwesasne.

“The first body was located around 5 p.m., in a marsh area in Tsi Snaihne, Akwesasne, Quebec,” police wrote on social media. “There is no threat to the public at this time.”

Last month, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police reported an increase in illegal entries through their lands and waterways.

They said some migrants required hospital treatment.

In January, the force said people involved in human smuggling had attempted to use shorelines along the area's St Lawrence River.

US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan last week to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that allowed thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York state to Quebec.

The deal closing an illegal border crossing point about 105km east of Akwesasne took effect on Saturday.
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