Vic Toews: Human Traffickers

Illegal Migrants Dept: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Friday he suspects human-traffickers are considering copying the Sun Sea's voyage into Canadian waters, depending on how Canada reacts to Thursday's landing of about 490 suspected asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, according to Vancouver Sun. "I don't view this as an isolated, independent act." The Harper government is pushing senior policy-makers and bureaucrats to find ways to keep illegal migrants from landing on Canadian shores, and prevent human-traffickers and other criminal and terrorist organizations from abusing Canada's "generous" asylum system. "We believe there are others who are watching this particular situation to determine the reaction of Canadian authorities, and they will be making decisions based on the reaction," he said. As reported in the news.
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