WHY THE WAVE OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS ENTERING CANADA?

Three families that claimed to be from Burundi walk across into Quebec at the U.S.-Canada border in Champlain, N.Y., on Thursday.

I read in the Toronto Star today that the tide of migrants crossing into Quebec in search of asylum has grown into a rolling wave, as the federal and provincial governments face pressure to deal with thousands of newcomers who have arrived in just the past six weeks.  Newly released figures show the number of people crossing into the province has skyrocketed this summer. The RCMP intercepted nearly 3,000 people as they walked across the border in Quebec last month. A further 3,800 have come in the first half of August, the RCMP said.

That's a big jump from June, when there were 781 RCMP interceptions in the province. It's also more than 10 times the 245 people intercepted by police there in January.  And that's not taking into consideration countless other illegal entry points across Canada.

Speaking to reporters Thursday in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the government will open a new shelter for migrants in Cornwall, a city of 46,000 in eastern Ontario near the Quebec border. Hundreds of asylum seekers crossing from the U.S. have already been housed in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, as well as in emergency tents set up at the border by the Canadian military.

Garneau also said there would be 20 new staffers in Montreal to help process asylum applications and that there will be a ministerial task force, which includes Quebec's immigration minister, Kathleen Weill, her federal counterpart, Ahmed Hussen, and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, to help manage the situation.  "There's no crisis, but it's a situation that is extraordinary," Garneau stated.

How can this borderline exodus be explained?  What is happening south of the border to warrant such an unusual phenomenom? I ask, knowing full well the disturbing answer.  But maybe I'm missing something.

Rational, unbiased, first-person fact-supported responses to the above mentioned questions are most welcome...And don't implicate the media for reporting fake news because that is a dead giveaway from whence you come.