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
08/13/2010
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The Globe and Mail
As it grapples with screening nearly 500 illegal migrants intercepted off the B.C. coast, the Canadian government is operating on the assumption that two more shiploads of potential asylum seekers are preparing to sail here from Southeast Asia.
08/13/2010
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Toronto Star
ESQUIMALT, B.C.—The only Canadians they’ve encountered so far wear health masks. The only view they’ve had of Canada has been under the watch of armed guards.
08/13/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Canadian authorities unloaded a cramped cargo ship on Friday of nearly 500 Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka whose arrival has sparked a national debate over the country's immigration and refugee laws.
08/12/2010
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CBC
Canadian navy vessels off the coast of British Columbia took control of a cargo ship carrying 490 Tamil migrants, including "suspected human smugglers and terrorists," says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.
08/12/2010
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Toronto Star
Tamil refugees are not jumping the immigration queue but are fleeing terrible human rights violations, a top Toronto immigration lawyer said at a news conference on Thursday.
08/12/2010
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Maple Ridge News
While two already crowded Maple Ridge prisons are preparing to house up to 200 Tamil asylum seekers, the union that represents prison guards in B.C. is worrying the influx will endanger its employees – and the refugees.
08/11/2010
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Toronto Star
VICTORIA—A closed ward at a Victoria hospital is being prepared for dozens of Tamils on a migrant ship heading to the British Columbia coast. They are believed to have contracted tuberculosis during the voyage across the Pacific Ocean.