11/11/2010
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Herald Sun
HUNDREDS of failed asylum seekers may be able to appeal their cases through the courts after the High Court today ruled in favour of two boat people whose refugee claims were rejected under Australia's offshore refugee processing system.
10/18/2010
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The Australian
SRI Lanka's security supremo has called on Canberra to get tough with asylum-seekers amid claims most return home within a year.
09/20/2010
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Associated Press
SYDNEY — An Australian court sentenced a Sri Lanka-born refugee to more than five years in prison Monday for helping to smuggle nearly 200 asylum seekers to Australia in a leaky boat.
09/19/2010
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Globe and Mail
Two pregnant women who arrived in Canada on the cargo ship MV Sun Sea will remain in detention for at least another week.
09/18/2010
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Globe and Mail
The Tamil migrants from the MV Sun Sea continue to be detained until their identities can be confirmed – something that will have to wait until Canadianimmigration authorities sift through a jumble of the migrants’ documents and belongings inside two U-Haul trucks.
09/13/2010
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Globe and Mail
The warnings from Canadians posted to the Colombo office came months before a suspected human-smuggling operation shipped more than 400 Tamils to British Columbia aboard a vessel known as the Sun Sea.
09/10/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 10, Ottawa: The Canadian government is sending a former head of an intelligence agency to Sri Lanka and other Asian countries as a special envoy on human smuggling to prevent illegal immigrants entering into the country, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.
09/07/2010
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Vancouver Sun
Another ship bearing Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka might be departing for Canada.
09/05/2010
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CTV News
The hundreds of Tamil migrants who travelled across oceans on rickety boats to come to Canada faced danger at every turn.
09/03/2010
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United Press International, UPI
SYDNEY, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Three Sri Lankans expelled by Australia were jailed and tortured after being returned to their home country, Amnesty International alleged Friday.