"The mayor of the U.S.-adjacent township of Hemmingford, Que., says refugees are coming across every day, usually straight into the arms of RCMP officers already waiting to take them into custody.

“They want to be noticed, they’re not hiding. They want to be picked up,” Paul Viau said."
http://www.citynews.ca/2017/02/11/21-arrested-illegally-crossing-border-manitoba-rcmp/