‘Not pretty out there:’ 19 asylum-seekers cross border in Manitoba blizzard
EMERSON, Man. — Nineteen asylum-seekers braved a fierce blizzard and whiteout conditions on the open prairie to cross into Canada near the Manitoba border community of Emerson, the area’s reeve said Wednesday.
“It was not pretty out here. Some heavy snow squalls, zero visibility, and these people are walking north straight into the wind,” Greg Janzen said.
“I think they walked almost right through Emerson without knowing they were here.”
Two people were found Tuesday night, Janzen said, and the other 17 were discovered huddled together shortly after sunrise in a carport at an old golf course.