Tamil ship's crew Tigers

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Four crew members of the MV Sun Sea that arrived off the coast of B.C. last summer are alleged to be Tamil Tigers operatives who helped organize the high-seas smuggling trip, federal officials say.

Hearings to determine if the four can stay here have been requested by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), which alleges the men pose a threat to national security.
The men are being held in segregation at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in B.Ç., where they have been questioned by the RCMP and border agents.

Melissa Anderson, of the Immigration and Refugee Board, said the hearings will take place this month or in February.

“We are alleging they are inadmissible to Canada on security grounds for being members of the Tamil Tigers,” Anderson said.

At least 49 women and 157 men out of the 492 carried by the Sun Sea have been ordered released by the IRB, with many choosing to remain in the Vancouver area.

Members of the Tamil community in Toronto have been lining up places for the migrants to stay but only several dozen have moved here.

Those who have been released are not allowed to work because permits have not yet been issued to them.

The public uproar over the Tamils, who were accused of queue-jumping, forced the Conservative government to table legislation that would see anyone deemed to have arrived as part of a smuggling operation detained for a longer period of time than other refugee claimants.

Source: Toronto Sun

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Comments - 13

D Monday, 03 January 2011 03:49 AM

Well...well...the plot thickens.

Ananda Monday, 03 January 2011 04:06 AM

Western world should know that there are only 2 Tamils to trust, one who is dead and ther other not born yet.

Kane Monday, 03 January 2011 04:31 AM

God Bless you Ananda!

padaya Monday, 03 January 2011 04:44 AM

Refugee status is like the UN itself, Brighter the lie better the result

pd Monday, 03 January 2011 05:51 AM

pls dump them to da sea!

Manika Monday, 03 January 2011 05:59 AM

No more asking for land now. May be they are happy in the sea. hooooooooooooo.

Oyage Sudu Kella Monday, 03 January 2011 06:06 AM

What LTTE still want is to cheat their own kind and make loads of money. Aiyo ..... aiyo....

Ravi Monday, 03 January 2011 06:47 AM

Right PD, that's what your SL govt has been doing for decades!!!

pd Monday, 03 January 2011 07:03 AM

ravi unfortunately they hv not been doing a good job of it otherwisie no LTTE diaspora & you will not be writing this

arj Monday, 03 January 2011 08:09 AM

What??? they are inadmissable to Canda? on what grounds? How did they suddenly become a threat? Aren't they freedom fighters anymore? Now, canada please, accept your sons, will you??

God bless Canada!

Matara Kolla Monday, 03 January 2011 08:16 AM

Why these Tamil so called refugees and asylam seekers pay money to bypass Tamil Nadu - their legitimate 'Home' and travel all the way to Canada, Australia etc ? Rogues !

Victor Monday, 03 January 2011 01:27 PM

What irks me are the lies they tell about Sri Lanka and Sinhalese people to get their asylum. Silly Canadians believe them wholesale.

nagu Monday, 03 January 2011 02:12 PM

This has been said by the SL govt. for the past few years....At least not Canda have realized these are bogus asylum seekers who are terrorists also........

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