Refugee who got frostbite crossing Manitoba border may lose fingers or hands
WINNIPEG — One of two West African men who suffered severe frostbite while illegally crossing the Canadian border is sharing details of the harrowing tale.
On Dec. 24, Seidu Mohammed, 24, who is from Ghana in West Africa, crossed the border on foot near Emerson, Man., with another man from the same country.
Doctors have told him that his fingers, and possibly his hands, will need to be amputated.
Mohammed tells CTV Winnipeg he fled Ghana fearing for his life because he is bisexual.