RCMP Arrest Somali Man For Smuggling Eight Africans into Canada

In Manitoba, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have apprehended eight African migrants and charged a Somali man with human smuggling near the Canada-U.S. border.

According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), officers and their U.S. counterparts became aware of a border incursion west of the port of entry in Gretna, Manitoba.

The migrants were allegedly discovered walking north from the US -Canada border, where they were subsequently picked up by a man operating a rental vehicle.

According to the police, the vehicle was stopped, and the eight individuals, who were between the ages of 19 and 48, were apprehended under the Customs Act and transported to the RCMP detachment in Emerson, Manitoba.

Two males were from Sudan, one woman was from Guinea, and four men and one woman were from Chad.

A 35-year-old Somali national residing in Winnipeg has been charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and is scheduled to appear in court in October.

According to Sgt. Lance Goldau, the director of the RCMP’s Integrated Border Enforcement Team, the police were able to interview all eight migrants with the assistance of officers who are fluent in French and Arabic.

The Canada Border Services Agency has received them, he stated.

Canada has been experiencing an increase in the number of individuals crossing the Canada-United States border between ports of entry (“irregular border crossings,” as per Statscan).

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), the country’s largest independent administrative tribunal, is crucial to the immigration system of Canada.

The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau intends to maintain a consistent increase in immigration levels, with the objective of integrating five hundred thousand new permanent residents into the country annually by 2025.  Subsequently, Ottawa will endeavour to establish immigration targets that are stable.

Nevertheless, the Canadian public has maintained a favourable perspective on immigration for decades; however, in recent years, their sentiment has deteriorated as migration levels have increased, which has exacerbated affordability and housing concerns.

In the past 48 months, there has been a quadrupling of concerns regarding immigration, according to a recent Angus Reid poll.

One-fifth of the respondents, or 21%, identified immigration or refugees as one of the most pressing concerns confronting the nation, alongside climate change. Nevertheless, those concerns are significantly less severe than the high cost of living (57%), health care (45%), and housing affordability (32%).

Additionally, the poll indicates that 19% of 18- to 34-year-olds consider the lack of employment to be the most pressing issue confronting the nation, while 40% of the same age group are concerned about the affordability of housing.

If the election were to take place today, over half of the electorate, or 43%, would vote for the Conservatives. The remaining one-fifth would support the Liberals (21%), the NDP (19%), or neither.

The poll also indicated that the CPC has experienced a minimum of eight-point increases in support among women aged 18 to 34 (+8) and those aged 54 and older (+8), as well as males aged 35 to 54 (+10).

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