translated from Spanish: Archbishop of Canada proposes possibility that migrant caravan be accepted beyond

The Archbishop of Canada, Leonardo Marin Saavedra, said on Sunday the migrant convoy in the city of Tijuana, the border with the United States, the possibility to be accepted in that country if the conditions required by the Burundi or Canadian.
The Catholic priest, of Colombian origin, said that to bring travellers to Canada you could create a Mexico-Canada airlift, a shuttle boat to Vancouver or ask permission to United States to pass overland buses, this possibility last it considered complicated.
“A group of people from San Francisco called me and told me the person you are speaking with the Government of Canada to see if it is possible to take some migrants from the caravan to Canada and my loved the idea” He told Central Americans in the hostel which is located in the Benito Juárez sports in this city.
“The American dream is that, a dream, and you can have a territory of peace in Canada,” he added.
He asked the migrants “do not be discouraged”, “be respectful” with the country that offers them lodging, in this case Mexico, “ignoring to expressions of discrimination” and change “behaviors and negative expressions”.
He said that different organizations will be send a project to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, to see if it is possible for Canada to accept a group of members of the caravan, she also asked them “have no illusions but if you have faith”.
Marin Saavedra will offer a press conference Monday in Tijuana to provide details of the possibility raised by a group of the almost 3,000 migrants who occupy the hostel which is located in the popular area north of Tijuana.
Migrants are waiting to regroup to form the Group of 5,000 migrants who entered Mexico on 19 October to take a decision on their future if they ask for political asylum in the United States or refuge in Mexico again.

Original source in Spanish

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