RCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border

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RCMP has released video of an interception of migrants illegally entering Canada from the United States as Ottawa ramps up border security amid growing pressure from the new Trump administration.Aerial video first shared with Global News on Wednesday was taken from a surveillance aircraft as Mounties stopped the migrants near the Emerson border crossing in Manitoba last month.The video shows thermal imaging of six people who were arrested crossing the border illegally in the middle of the night on Jan. 14.The individuals are seen running into a wooded area, followed shortly afterward by RCMP officers who arrived in ground vehicles.“With the RCMP plane directing officers on the ground, all six were arrested without incident and transferred to the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency),” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland, the northwest regional commander of federal policing, said at a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday.“To anyone who is thinking about crossing the border (illegally), don’t.

You’re putting your life at risk and you should not attempt under any circumstances.”The six people arrested were from Chad, Jordan, Sudan and Mauritania, RCMP confirmed in the press conference.“These individuals … were not prepared for the Canadian weather,” Moreland said. “They did not have hats, gloves, mitts, or anything that we would normally see in a Canadian winter.”The CBSA would not confirm the status of the detained individuals, including if they have been removed from the country, citing privacy laws.The update comes as the RCMP has chartered two Black Hawk helicopters and is using drones to patrol parts of the Canada-U.S.

border in an effort to strengthen border security as demanded by U.S. President Donald