New Delhi: Eight people, including members of an Indian family, have died while trying to enter America illegally from Canada through the river. In which two children are also included. One of the two dead families was an Indian family. According to information, the family was trying to cross the St. Lawrence River by boat. Police found the bodies near an overturned boat in an area of Quebec on Thursday. The Canadian police have recovered the bodies of all.
Members of an Indian family are among 8 people who drowned in the St. Lawrence River while trying to enter the US illegally from Canada. According to the information, 8 dead bodies were found in an area of Quebec on Thursday afternoon during a search operation by the Canadian Coast Guard. When there were two children in this family.
Akwesne Mohawk Police Service Deputy Chief Lee-Ann O’Brien said during a press conference Friday, “The bodies of eight people that have been found are believed to be from two families. One is of Romanian origin and the other is A family of Indian origin has emerged.” The innocent child of the Romanian family has not yet been found. We are looking for it. According to police, it is believed that all the dead were trying to enter the US illegally from Canada.”
Police said one of the bodies was that of a child under the age of three. The child’s body was found with a Canadian passport belonging to a Romanian family. The dead bodies have not been identified yet. Police believe that the tragic incident must have happened during Wednesday night. After this, when the police launched a search operation by helicopter, two more bodies were found landing on the water. Police said that a total of 8 dead bodies have been found so far.
There have been 48 incidents of illegal entry this year
Akwesne police say there have been 48 incidents of people trying to enter Canada or the US illegally from the Mohawk area since January, and most of them are of Indian or Romanian origin. In January 2022, the bodies of four Indians, including a child, were found near the Canada-US border in Manitoba. In April 2022, six Indian nationals were rescued from a sinking boat in the St. Regis River that runs through Akwesne Mohawk Territory.