Montrealers rally outside Olympic Stadium to welcome asylum seekers from U.S.

[inanna]

Source: The Canadian Press

By Morgan Lowrie
The Canadian Press
Sun., Aug. 6, 2017

MONTREAL—Several hundred people shouted “refugees welcome!” in Creole as they gathered outside Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday to show support for the waves of asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States.

Members of the group stood on a hill near the entrance to the stadium, waving signs and balloons and chanting messages of welcome.

“We are here with them, to support them and to help them establish themselves,” organizer Serge Bouchereau told the crowd through a megaphone.

“This is a vast, rich country that can welcome many, many people who are in bad situations and can’t stay in their own countries.”

Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/08/06/montrealers-rally-outside-olympic-stadium-to-welcome-asylum-seekers-from-us.html

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Thank you Montreal!

[lunasun]

1. Good to know they have a place to go and are accepted. US should be ashamed how they refuse

to offer hope anymore IMO

[George II]

2. You know Justin Trudeau won't insist on building a wall.