Andre Malerba

Photographer
   
Asylum Seekers: Washington Post
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality: American
Biography: Andre is a fully accredited photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2016. From 2013-2016 he lived and worked in Myanmar exclusively, as the country struggled through the early days of democracy, and was awarded Magnum Photos 30 Under 30... MORE
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Asylum Seekers: Washington Post
Copyright Andre Malerba 2024
Updated Oct 2018
Topics Activism, Arrests and Prosecutions, Community, Discrimination, Documentary, Editorial, Emotion, Freedom, Homelessness, Hope, Human Rights, Isolation, Loss, Migration, Minority, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics
Families, single mothers, teenagers traveling alone, and many others, are using a small, illegal border crossing at the end of Roxham Road in Plattsburgh, New York, to initiate the asylum process in Canada. Knowing that they would be denied asylum if they arrived in Canada directly, the method of crossing illegally and being arrested forces the process to begin due to a loophole in Canadian law. The ordeal is relatively easy and has become so popular that some are applying for visitor visas to the United States of America with the intention of crossing into Canada. Others have lived in the United States previously and have been denied asylum or fear deportation by ICE. The area has a long history with the Underground Railroad, and a small community of people assisting the asylum seekers see this situation as a modern day version of the network that existed in the first half of the 19th century.

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