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Roxham in a sentence

Using Roxham

  • In the example corpus, roxham often appears in combinations such as: roxham road, at roxham, the roxham.

Context around Roxham

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

making 1×

Often after:

road 10× crossing 1×

Sentence patterns with Roxham

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

border at roxham road in 2× at the roxham road crossing 1× between making roxham road a 1× borders including roxham road in 1× close the roxham road crossing 1× crossed at roxham road this 1× crossing at roxham road to 1× jamali from roxham road 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a migrant mother 1× associated press contributors 1× asylum seekers arriving 1× asylum seekers walk 1× basically under the 1× meanwhile at dawn 1×

Common sentence endings:

accept more migrants 1× an asylum claim 1× country they reach 1× else they need 1× enter the workforce 1× from roxham road 1×

Words around Roxham

Just before it in the word index:

roxgold 2 roxford 2 roxette 28 roxby 3 roxbury 44 roxburghe 2

Just after it in the word index:

roxie 33 roxio 2 roxolans 2 roxon 3 roxor 6 roxxas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Roxham

  • In this selection, "roxham" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, making, road and crossing stand out and add context to how "roxham" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include border at roxham road in and at the roxham road crossing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "roxham" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with roxham

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Asylum seekers walk along Roxham Rd. near Champlain, N.Y. en route to the Canada/U. (16 words)

Associated Press contributors include Rob Gillies in Ottawa, Ontario, and AP photographer Hasan Jamali from Roxham Road. (17 words)

According to the latest federal government statistics, another 4,875 people crossed at Roxham Road this past January. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

So when Diaz, 46, heard New York City was distributing free bus tickets, she said she hopped on a bus for Plattsburgh, a town close to the Canadian border, then took a taxi to the irregular crossing at Roxham Road to enter Canada and file an asylum claim. (48 words)

Basically, under the original negotiation between the two countries, the requirement of claiming asylum within the first country that one reaches applied only to crossings at ports of entry, and not between, making Roxham Road a loophole to the agreement. (40 words)

Villefranche says many immigrants and refugees, including the Haitian asylum-seekers who crossed the border at Roxham Road in 2017, have sought out jobs as patient attendants in long-term care homes as a quick way to enter the workforce. (40 words)

Example sentences (13)

According to the latest federal government statistics, another 4,875 people crossed at Roxham Road this past January.

Associated Press contributors include Rob Gillies in Ottawa, Ontario, and AP photographer Hasan Jamali from Roxham Road.

Asylum seekers arriving at the Roxham Road crossing in Quebec suddenly found they were not longer able to freely walk across the border and be entitled to free housing, food, and whatever else they need.

Basically, under the original negotiation between the two countries, the requirement of claiming asylum within the first country that one reaches applied only to crossings at ports of entry, and not between, making Roxham Road a loophole to the agreement.

Roxham Rd. is a popular unofficial crossing point for people who want to avoid being subject to the Safe Third Country Agreement, which obliges asylum seekers to send their application to the first “safe” country they reach.

So when Diaz, 46, heard New York City was distributing free bus tickets, she said she hopped on a bus for Plattsburgh, a town close to the Canadian border, then took a taxi to the irregular crossing at Roxham Road to enter Canada and file an asylum claim.

The Quebec government has repeatedly called for the federal government to close the Roxham Road crossing, saying it doesn’t have the capacity to accept more migrants.

This means asylum seekers crossing irregular borders, including Roxham Road in Quebec, can be turned back to the U.S. without the federal government processing their application.

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While the Roxham Road crossing was once little more than an impromptu dirt path accessible only by a lengthy cab ride, the site now has more dedicated infrastructure than even some of Canada’s legitimate border crossings.

A migrant mother from Yemen leads her family across the Canadian border at Roxham Road in Quebec on March 5, 2017.

Villefranche says many immigrants and refugees, including the Haitian asylum-seekers who crossed the border at Roxham Road in 2017, have sought out jobs as patient attendants in long-term care homes as a quick way to enter the workforce.

Asylum seekers walk along Roxham Rd. near Champlain, N.Y. en route to the Canada/U.

Meanwhile, at dawn back in upstate New York, another pair of taxis deliver weary travellers from Pakistan and Lebanon to the Roxham crossing.

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Common combinations with roxham

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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