# They came seeking shelter ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-came-seeking-shelter/787905>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-came-seeking-shelter/787905 "2017-06-02T01:39:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-came-seeking-shelter/787905/1 "2017-06-02T01:39:35Z")

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[Asylum-Seeker Mavis Otuteye Died Trying To Cross Border Into Canada](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/31/asylum-seeker-dies_n_16893250.html)

Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, 1999)  
With the clothes on their backs, they came through a storm. And those that didn’t die want a better life. And they want it here. "

… or somewhere almost within walking distance of “here” anyway.

Nuff said.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-came-seeking-shelter/787905/2 "2017-06-02T21:13:41Z")

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Is there a question here? This probably should be in MPSIMS.