When Pierre left Cap-Haïtien for South America, he never imagined he’d wind up in the woods of upstate New York.
But nine years and 10 countries later, he stepped into Canada and was arrested by the RCMP.
He had survived a two-and-a-half-month, 15,000-kilometre odyssey from Brazil to Roxham Road with his wife and seven-year-old son, through some of the most dangerous territory in the Americas.
By plane, by boat, by bus, taxi or on foot, the destination was always the same: «Anywhere but Haiti.»
Pierre is not his real name. CBC News has agreed to protect the identities of the 30-year-old Haitian and his family to prevent any potential impact on their asylum claim in Canada.
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