Collateral Damage: Elderly Parents

Human Smugglers Dept: BANGKOK - All wars cause collateral damage. Vashni is collateral damage in Canada's war on human smugglers, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I don't want to take that risk to myself," she explains. "Why? It's too dangerous and not safe." Vashni, whose identity cannot be revealed to protect her personal safety, is seen Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Bangkok. Vashni, a Tamil refugee, longs to be reunited with her elderly parents in Toronto, but she never considered resorting to one of those notorious smugglers boats to make that happen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson The soft-spoken Tamil woman in her 30s lives one step ahead of the law in Thailand and longs to be reunited with her elderly parents in Toronto. But she would never consider resorting to using one of the notorious smugglers who operate out of Bangkok to make that happen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.