Two Senegalese men freeze to death in snow at US-Canada border
By Hans Ngala (with ancillary details from CTV News Canada)
The bodies of two Senegalese men have been found buried in the harsh North American snow, according to police in the US state of New York. In a report in CTV News which this reporter saw, the men were identified as Abdoulaye Ndoye and Ndongo Sarry, both 25 years old from Dakar, the Senegalese capital.
The men’s bodies were found by a police dog and the men are believed to have been attempting to cross the porous border area from Canada into the United States when they died from hypothermia (extreme cold) according to a coroner’s report.
Every year, hundreds of people mainly from West African countries including Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana, attempt to enter into the US and Canada after landing in central or south American countries and making the treacherous journey up north.
This migration from African countries is driven by numerous factors, mainly the search for better economic prospects and it is estimated that hundreds die while making these illegal crossings into the US and Canada and some also get trafficked by human trafficking gangs in Mexico.
