The federal government is paying to have migrants who are entering the country at the unofficial border crossing of Roxham Road moved from Quebec into other provinces, says Quebec’s Minister of Immigration Christine Fréchette.
Fréchette told reporters in Quebec City on Feb. 14 that the provincial government is “very happy” with the federal government’s action, which follows calls from Quebec for Ottawa to solve the issue of migrants seeking asylum after entering Canada through Roxham Road.
“We are starting to see results,” Fréchette said during a media scrum, according to the Globe and Mail.
Fréchette also said that nearly all of the 380 migrants who arrived in Quebec through Roxham Road on Feb. 11 and Feb. 12 were relocated to other provinces—mostly Ontario….