The wife of a Haitian migrant, who died attempting to cross into the United States from Quebec in late December, says she wants Canada to be more welcoming to Haitians.
Guenda, the wife of Fritznel Richard, who died attempting to cross into the United States from Quebec in late December, says she wants Canada to be more welcoming to Haitians.
They're sitting on a couch in the Naples, Fla., home of Guenda's younger sister. A framed photograph of Richard, taken at their wedding, sits on a table next to them. He – and Guenda – hope Richard can be a catalyst for change, pushing Canada to improve support for migrants.Fritznel Richard, a Haitian migrant, died attempting to cross into the United States from Quebec in late December. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged more than $20 million in new humanitarian aid and support for migrants in Haiti, but some worry that money won't help victims of a broken system like Fritznel. The CBC’s Verity Stevenson brings us her documentary.
Many die along the way, drowning in fast-flowing rivers or killed by bandits who commit kidnappings and rape for ransom.," a lot of suffering, Guenda says in French.Frantz André brought Guenda her husband's ashes from Montreal. He hired the same man to take him to the border near Roxham Road, the popular irregular crossing point between New York State and Quebec's Montérégie region south of Montreal, where he and Guenda and Jeffrey first made their way into Canada.
Guenda says all she wants for the future is to be granted temporary protected status in the U.S. and to bring her and Richard's other son, 11-year-old Dawins, over from Haiti. A few years later, after his older brother developed and then recovered from cancer but faced abuse from their father, Richard began to act out. He hung out with the wrong people, stuff like that, a cousin explained.
"Fritznel was tough. He was resilient and he was relentless," she says. "Looking at his eyes, and looking at all the pains that he must have gone through, through his journey in life, he must have felt very lonely a lot of the time." "They see Canada has a land of opportunity, that can welcome us, but mostly when they get there they find humiliation," Jules says.
A man named Alix Antoine perks up. He's heard a lot about Canada, but isn't sure he'll qualify for residency.
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