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Refugee claimants from US strain Canada's border resources

By Allison Lampert
HEMMINGFORD, Quebec, Feb 21 (Reuters) Canadian police said they had bolstered their presence at the Quebec border and that border authorities had created a temporary refugee center to process a growing number of asylum seekers crossing from the United States.
The Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA, said at a news conference that it had converted an unused basement into a refugee claimant processing center. Both the border agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are reassigning staff from other locations in the province, as needed, to accommodate rising demand.
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