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Immigration: Indonesian Authorities

Immigration Minister Dept: The MV Alicia was carrying 84 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers when it was stopped on Saturday night in Indonesian waters, according to Calgary Herald. "There was some reasons to believe that this particular vessel may have been destined for Canada," Kenney said in Calgary after Postmedia News broke the news and a Tamil boat believed to be headed for Canada was apprehended in Southeast Asia thanks to the work of Canadian law enforcement officials and Indonesian authorities, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Tuesday. Although the migrants claim to want to enter New Zealand and on Tuesday were refusing to leave the vessel while waving signs saying they wanted to be sent to the South Pacific nation, Canadian officials told Postmedia News that intelligence reports suggest the boat was actually en route to Canada. As reported in the news.
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