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Fleeing migrants learn even Canada has limits

Officials say that illegal migration is stretching the immigration system to a breaking point and risks stoking a potential backlash

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Published Sun, Jan 14, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    Montreal

    AFTER fleeing to Montreal from Long Island, New York, Marlise Beauville felt, she said, as if she had reached the Promised Land.

    She entered the country last summer without papers, yet received a work permit, a monthly stipend of C$600 Canadian (S$637), free health care and free French lessons. The weather has become bone-cold chilly but her Canadian neighbours are warm.

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