Two more people found on Friday as authorities says dozens of Indian and Romanian migrants have been crossing through Mohawk territory
The bodies of eight people believed to have died trying to cross frominto the United States have been found in the past two days, authorities said on Friday, including two children.
A child discovered on Friday was a Canadian citizen and a member of the Romanian family, Dulude said. The body of an adult woman believed to be an Indian national was also recovered. “Our community has been exploited by this,” said Abram Benedict, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. “This is not the first time that tragedy has happened in our community like this. We’ve had other losses.”
Akwesasne police say there have been about 80 people trying to cross illegally into Canada or into the United States through the Mohawk territory since January, and most of them have been of Indian or Romanian descent. In April 2022, six Indian nationals were rescued from a sinking boat in the St Regis River, which runs through Akwesasne Mohawk territory.Akwesasne straddles the Canada-United States border, and has territory in Quebec, Ontario and New York state.
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