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British Gov`t prepared for arrival of Sri Lankan migrant ship
Saturday, 31 July 2010 - 10:51 AM SL Time
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`We`ve been tracking this vessel for some time,` Defence Minister Peter MacKay said. `We`ll have ships in Canadian waters as they approach, and then an assessment will be done with information we currently hold and anything we`ll be able to garner from direct contact.`
Health Canada will also be prepared to deal with any passengers who are sick after potentially spending months at sea, MacKay added.
Few details about the ship and its passengers have been revealed, though reports suggest it is carrying men, women and children from Sri Lanka.
Earlier this month, a Sri Lankan newspaper warned that a vessel known as the MV Sun Sea had departed carrying several members of the Tamil Tigers, a group banned in Canada as a terrorist organization.
Immigration lawyer Doug Cannon said if the migrants are Sri Lankan, many will likely seek asylum as refugees.
`If you are perceived by security forces in Sri Lanka as being a past or current problem to the government, you can expect to be treated very poorly,` he said. `They`re afraid of being jailed, they`re afraid of being tortured, they`re afraid of being presumed guilty instead of presumed innocent.`
The war between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil rebels, which lasted 26 years, ended last May.
Cannon represented many of the 76 Sri Lankan men who arrived in B.C. last October aboard the Ocean Lady vessel. They were arrested by the Canadian Border Services Agency, detained for three months and released after investigators determined they had no ties to terrorism.
`They are all doing exactly what they should, following their terms and conditions,` he said. `No one has disappeared and they are all in the refugee process.`
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AnuD
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 31 Jul 2010 03:58:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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British Gov't prepared for arrival of Sri Lankan migrant ship
Mr. Brown:
Some one is Drunk, Friday parteyyyyy
British govt and Canadian govt, some one who is very poor in World - Geography.
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31 Jul 2010 04:35:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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Fresh batch of toilet cleaners :))
Gas station attendants, Pizza parlours, Fast food outlets.
govt will be happy because they get some low -wage labourers.
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Torpedoes can solve the problem.
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31 Jul 2010 05:46:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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| More toilet cleaners... without any proper education...they are nothing but trouble to SL...now they will start licking UN butt to push war crimes! |
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 31 Jul 2010 05:57:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Canada is waiting the May Flower ....!
These Tamil immigrants will make Canada the envy of the world...like the immigrants from May Flower who landed in Boston made US a super power eventually...!
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Amigo
Fresh batch of toilet cleaners :))
that is a sad comment...I think cleaning Toilets is better than having sex with a dog on refugee visa..isn t it
We have a lot of our own women in Arab countries..they do it proudly cos they are there to earn a living..what is wrong with that?..Nothing Amigo...calm down..it does not matter who is in that ship..give some respect to people |
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