Migrants are literally fleeing the USA for Canada, making the journey through snow and ice to seek refugee status in the country. Reuters photographer Christinne Muschi documented some of them as they crossed the border from the US into Canada. (The Guardian newspaper)

A woman who told police that she and her family were from Sudan are helped by a Canadian police officer after arriving by taxi and walking across the US-Canada border. All photographs: Christinne Muschi/Reuters

The family was taken into custody.

A man from Yemen is arrested at the border.

Another man crossed into Canada, telling police he was from Sudan.

He was handcuffed and taken away.

A family from Yemen crosses the border into Canada.

A man walks down Roxham Road in Champlain, New York, with his luggage toward the US-Canada border.

The man was helped across the border, where he told police he was from Yemen, and they detained him.

Left luggage sits on the US side of the border after the owner was taken into custody.