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Asylum seekers coming through Montreal airport in record numbers

Roxham Road, a notorious unofficial border crossing, might be closed but as advocates predicted, asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal’s Trudeau Airport.

Arturo Nava is fresh off a flight from Mexico City, ready to start a new life in Canada.

The petrochemical engineer came on a tourist visa, but as soon as he landed in Montreal, he requested refugee status.

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