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>People will risk life and limb to go from Syria to Germany (about the same distance as Mexico to Canada). Millions of poor Latin Americans immigrated into California over 40 years, and eg NY is about 28% hispanic, but your premise is that Canada is just too far away because it doesn't border Mexico.

most of the countries (eastern europe) between syria and germany are pretty poor, so going to germany makes sense because there's a significant increase in wealth. meanwhile canada is about as rich as the US. so what are you getting by risking another border crossing into canada? free healthcare (which you can't get because you're not a legal resident)?