Internet hoax drives Haitian asylum seekers over US border to Canada

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It started with a WhatsApp message that read like an answer to the prayers of thousands of immigrants fearing deportation by President Trump.

Canada wanted them, it promised — a revelation that filled Haitians across the United States with hope and helped to encourage an exodus to the north.

There was just one problem: the information was false. Nonetheless thousands of Haitians living legally in the US have crossed into Canada over the past two months rather than risk being sent back to their Caribbean island. –READ MORE

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