Refugees are risking a freezing winter trek to escape the U.S.

OTTAWA — The weather is frigid on the border between North Dakota and the Canadian province of Manitoba, but still they keep on coming: a growing flow of asylum seekers tramping through frozen farms, in flight from the United States, hoping for refuge in Canada. “It’s a new underground railroad,” said Bashir Khan, an immigration […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/07/refugees-are-risking-a-freezing-winter-trek-to-escape-the-u-s/