Family’s death at US-Canada border underscores desperate journeys of migrants

Perilous conditions along remote stretch of Manitoba have ambushed border crossers for years

The death of four members of an Indian family at the US-Canada border has once again highlighted the dangerous journeys families are willing to risk for a better life - and the groups that profit from their desperation.

Police in Canada announced on Thursday that the victims, who included a baby and young boy, probably froze to death while attempting to cross into the United States during a blizzard. Seven others survived and were intercepted by police.