Tamil Population - Canadian Tamil Congress

Innocent Civilians Dept: The Canadian Tamil Congress, which distributed the two letters on Monday, said they were written by two Tamil journalists on board the MV Sun Sea and contain the "opinions expressed" on behalf of the migrants. IN DEPTH FAQ : The refugee process in Canada PHOTO GALLERY: MV Sun Sea lands in Canada, according to CBC. "We would like to ask the Canadian people and the Canadian government to have faith in us to believe that we are innocent civilians who have been affected by the conflict," one letter obtained by News says and letters purportedly written by two of the roughly 490 migrants who arrived in B.C. aboard a cargo ship deny any involvement with terrorism and claim they are fleeing "mass murder" in Sri Lanka. The letters claim the ethnic Tamil population in Sri Lanka still faces harsh treatment since the end of the bloody, decades-long civil war between government forces and separatist rebels. As reported in the news.
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