Canada-Pakistan

NPR

Published January 28, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Brian Mann of North Country Radio reports that hundreds of Pakistanis are fleeing to Canada, rather than registering with the U.S. government. Because they are not U.S. citizens, they fear they'll be detained or deported if they register. But their fate in Canada is far from assured.

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