Protesters begin 3-day march to Roxham Road after Supreme Court ruling
CTV
Quebec activists began their 73-kilometre walk from Montreal to Roxham Road Saturday in protest of the irregular border crossing's closure and the Supreme Court's upholding of the Safe Third Country Agreement. The demonstrators aim to reach Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. by late Monday afternoon.
Quebec activists began their 73-kilometre walk from Montreal to Roxham Road Saturday in protest of the irregular border crossing's closure and the Supreme Court's upholding of the Safe Third Country Agreement.
The demonstrators aim to reach Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. by late Monday afternoon.
"Reaching safety in Canada is an obstacle course full of danger for the vast majority of people who walk across countries and continents to find safety," reads a description on the event's Facebook page.
"Their only choice when faced with danger is to flee in the direction of safety, by boat, bus, and foot."
Participants and their supporters gathered in the drizzle at La Fontaine Park Saturday morning mark the start of the three-day journey.
Their trek begins one day after Canada's Supreme Court upheld the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), established in 2004 to control the flow of asylum seekers across the shared Canada-U.S. border.
The agreement requires refugees to seek asylum in the first of the two countries they set foot in.
