Half of Quebecers want to prevent illegal crossing at Canada-U.S. border: new poll

About half of Quebecers surveyed in a new poll say they'd be in favour of preventing migrants from crossing illegally at the CanadaU.S. border.

The numbers, gathered this week in a poll commissioned by SOM-CogecoNouvelles, show that 51 per cent of respondents were in favour of blocking direct access at the border.

The results indicate that younger people, university-educated people and those living in the Montreal area were less likely to agree with the idea of tighter controls at the border.

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Meanwhile, 56 per cent of all people polled said they don't believeit's acceptablethat migrants bypassing normal immigration procedures be treated as a priority.

Of those surveyed, 39 per cent said they feelthat the large influx of migrants will make Quebec less safe.

The poll was conducted Aug. 9 and 10, surveyingaround 1,037 Quebecers, aged 18 and up.

The maximum margin oferror calculated was around 3.6 per cent.

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