Canada has replaced US as goal for some migrants

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From article "African migrants trapped in Mexico believe that the nation that will offer them justice and equality is now Canada -- not the US..."
Article author: 
Alice Driver
Article publisher: 
CNN
Article date: 
31 August 2019
Article category: 
National News
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Canada
enforcement
asylum
President
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Hundreds of African migrants have camped out in front of the Siglo XXI immigration facility in Tapachula, Mexico, to protest their inability to legally leave Mexico.

Sani, a Muslim man from Ghana and a member of the LGBTQ community, said that he fled his home country after his partner was stoned to death and his house was burned to the ground with his mother inside. "My final destination is Canada," he explained.

Sani said he preferred to request asylum in Canada because he felt that the US, given President Donald Trump's actions, would not treat someone who was both a member of the LGBTQ community and a Muslim with justice and equality ...

Although Canada's migrant detention system is far from perfect, news of the death of immigrant children in US detention centers and family separation via Trump's policies has had an impact on citizens of other countries. And many African migrants trapped in Mexico believe that the nation that will offer them justice and equality is now Canada -- not the US...

 Fleeing violent ethnic conflicts in their home countries, many flew into Brazil or Ecuador and then took buses or walked part of the way through Central America ...

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