Indians among eight migrants found dead near Canada border

Police in Canada have said they recovered the bodies of two more migrants who drowned in the St Lawrence River while attempting to enter the US from Canada illegally taking the death toll to eight including members of an Indian familyThe bodies were found on Friday in a marsh on the riverbank near Akwesasne a community which straddles Quebec Ontario and New York state One other person is still missingPolice say the deceased believed to be two families of Indian and Romanian descent were trying to cross into the United States from Canada Among them were two children under the age of three both Canadian citizensUnfortunately these situations happen Its not something new Akwesasne Mohawk Police chief Shawn Dulude said of people trying to crossWeve seen it happen in the past and hopefully as we move forward its something we can one day eliminate the officer was quoted as saying by the Montreal Gazette newspaperAlso read Donald Trump indicted may surrender next weekAkwesasne police are working with Immigration Canada to assist with identifying the victims and notifying the next of kin They are also increasing surveillance on the river it saidAuthorities located the first body in the marsh around 5 pm on Thursday during an aerial search conducted at the request of the Canadian Coast GuardThroughout the day on Friday search crews could be seen wading through a marshy area near the local marina with the help of a light airboat A helicopter also scanned the riverThe last two bodies of a second infant and another woman were retrieved from the water during the dayPolice recovered two more bodies from the river on Friday after discovering six bodies and an overturned boat during a missing person search Thursday afternoon CBC News reportedThey are believed to have been an Indian family and a Romanian family who were attempting to cross into the US police said adding that an Akwesasne resident remains missingAccording to police there has seen an uptick in human smuggling into the US Ryan Brissette a public affairs officer with US Customs and Border Patrol says the agency had seen a massive uptick in encounters and apprehensions at the borderThe agency saw more than eight times as many people try to cross from Canada into the US in 2022 compared to previous years he said Many of them more than 64000 came through Quebec or Ontario into New YorkComparing this area in the past this is a significant number Brissette saidTheres a lot of different reasons as to why this is happening why folks are coming all of a sudden through the northern border I think a lot of them think its easier an easy opportunity and they just dont know the danger that it poses especially in the winter months the officer saidAkwesasne police say there have been 48 incidents of 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 descentIn January 2022 the bodies of four Indians including a baby were found frozen in Manitoba near the CanadaUS border In April 2022 six Indian nationals were rescued from a sinking boat in the St Regis River which runs through Akwesasne Mohawk TerritoryIn April 2022 six Indian nationals were rescued from a sinking boat in the St Regis River which runs through Akwesasne Mohawk TerritoryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever