Asylum-seekers are streaming into Canada via a tiny rural road in upstate New York, as they've been doing for the last two years.

The surge began with immigrants who lived in the United States and feared the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Now, the migrants come from all over the world. They often enter the US on visas and quickly head north.

Several of them spoke to INSIDER at the border in October about why they made their journeys and where they came from. Here's what they told us.

For nearly two years, hundreds of asylum-seekers a month have been traveling down a well-worn road in upstate New York to cross the border into Canada and ask for protection.

Though the movement started out with immigrants who lived in the US and feared deportation under President Donald Trump's policies, word has spread over the months since he took office.

Now, the migrants come to Roxham Road from all over the world, using tourist visas to enter the US and making their way to the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Though migrants are supposed to request asylum from the first "safe country" they land in — which for these migrants is the US — many say they don't feel safe in Trump's America, and are pessimistic about their chances at winning asylum here.

INSIDER spoke to a handful of migrants to learn how the border-crossings have evolved over time, why people continue to make the roundabout journey to Canada, and what they want Americans and Canadians to understand.

Some migrants had just landed in America hours earlier, while others had stayed for weeks, months, or years. They came from countries across the world, from Colombia to Nigeria. But all of them had hope that they could find a new, safe life in Canada.

Here's what they said: