Asylum seekers at Canada border tents unfazed by delays, uncertainty

A family that said they are from Haiti walks to the US-Canada border from Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, U.S. August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (Reuters) - Asylum seekers, mainly from Haiti, clambering over a gully from upstate New York into Canada on Friday were undeterred by the prospect of days in border tents, months of uncertainty and signs of a right-wing backlash in Quebec.

More than 200 people a day are illegally walking across the U.S. border into Quebec to seek asylum, government officials said. Army tents have been erected near the border to house up to 500 people as they undergo security screenings.