Canadian Tamil Congress: Refugee Claimants

Canadian Diplomats Dept: This time, the government shouldn't just “watch” the ship, as it did with the MV Sun Sea, but send Canadian immigration and police officers overseas to assist their Thai counterparts and stop the vessel from setting sail. The smugglers should be arrested and charged, according to Globe And Mail. This weekend, the headquarters of the Canadian Tamil Congress was broken into, and a computer containing the names of some claimants, and their overseas relatives, was stolen. Immigration officials also found destroyed identity documents on board the Sun Sea, evidence they say shows refugee claimants are trying to conceal their true identities and canadian diplomats in Sri Lanka warned the federal government eight months ago of a “perfect storm” of circumstances that would result in human smugglers targeting Canada. The end of the 30-year Sri Lankan civil war, the defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the release of more than 100,000 Tamils from detention camps created push factors for a mass exodus. Why wasn't the government better prepared? The RCMP should also charge the captain and crew of the MV Sun Sea, which brought 492 Tamil refugee claimants to Canada this summer, and of the Ocean Lady, which ferried 76 Tamil passengers last fall. As reported in the news.
@t tamil refugee, globe and mail