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A makeshift reception centre has replaced an unmarked ditch in response to to the surging number of asylum seekers crossing the border at Hemmingford, Quebec. Montreal's Olympic Stadium is now temporary housing for up to 600 people.

A refugee family claiming to be from Haiti unpacks luggage from a taxi at the US-Canada border in Champlain, New York.Christinne Muschi/Reuters

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A Syrian family joins a group from Haiti for processing after crossing into Canada from Champlain, N.Y.Christinne Muschi/Reuters

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A family is met by police officers after crossing from Champlain, N.Y.Christinne Muschi/Reuters

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A bus carrying asylum seekers from the United States arrives at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.Catherine Legault/AFP / Getty Images

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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre greets asylum seekers at Olympic Stadium.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, centre right, greets newly-arrived asylum seekers.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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Haitian asylum seekers sit with shopping bags outside Olympic Stadium.Christinne Muschi/Reuters

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Asylum seekers from Haiti leave Olympic Stadium.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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An asylum seeker holds his paperwork as he leaves Olympic Stadium.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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