09/30/2011
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BBC
The BBC's Saroj Pathirana looks at the plight of Sri Lankan migrant workers who say they are abused in Saudi Arabia.
03/09/2011
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The Globe and Mail
The migrant is one of 492 MV Sun Sea passengers who arrived in B.C. last August
02/20/2011
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo - Seventeen people attempting to illegally make their way to Australia by boat have been arrested off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, officials said Sunday.
11/23/2010
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Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — Canada's acceptance of refugee claims from Sri Lanka plummeted in September, the month following the arrival of a boatload of 492 Tamil migrants, new immigration data show.
10/30/2010
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Lanka Business Online
BANGKOK, October 30, 2010 (AFP) - Thai authorities have arrested 61 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka, police said Saturday, in the second such crackdown in recent weeks.
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.
06/15/2010
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Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News
OAKLAND — They were jailed in Indonesia, stranded in Romania and rescued by Australia off the coast of Sumatra, all in the last eight months.
So it was a big relief to Nisanth Segaranantham and his friends when they landed in Oakland last month. The 27-year-old Sri Lankan refugee is savoring his freedom to roam the city, shop for his own groceries and look for a job.