Police in Canada have identified two victims after finding eight bodies, members of two families who died this week trying to enter the United States from Canada by boat across the St. Lawrence River, Reuters reported.

Akwesasne Mohawk police said 28-year-old Florin Iordache died with two Canadian passports, a two-year-old and a one-year-old, whose bodies were also discovered. Police have identified another 28-year-old victim, Christina (Monalisa) Zenaida Iordake.

The police believe that the tragedy happened on Wednesday night, in bad weather, and they are looking for another missing person in this case. His boat was found near the place where the victims’ bodies were found.

Deputy Lee-Ann O’Brien said Friday that the victims appear to belong to two families, one Indian and one Romanian, who were trying to enter the United States illegally.

Last week, President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached an agreement to prevent asylum seekers from entering Canada through unofficial border crossings. Critics say the move could put refugees and migrants at greater risk when crossing the border.

Police in Akwesasne said the agreement, which halts all entries at the unofficial border, including Roxanne Road in Quebec, should not have affected the case because the families were trying to reach the United States, not Canada.

Last year, an Indian family of four froze to death in the Canadian province of Manitoba while trying to get to the United States.

The Akwesasne Reserve extends along both banks of the St. Lawrence River with territories in Ontario and Quebec on the Canadian side and in New York.

More people were using the Akwesasne area to try to enter the United States, with 80 interceptions recorded this year, and most of them were Indians or Romanians, said Shawn Dulude, chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service.