Tamil Refugee: Refugee Claimants

West Coast Of Canada Dept: VANCOUVER - Two people among 492 Tamil refugee claimants who landed on the West Coast of Canada two years ago have now been charged with helping to organize the smuggling operation, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The MV Sun Sea landed off Victoria in August 2010 with the refugee claimants on board and police and military personnel wear surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Two people have been charged with helping to smuggle a ship full of Tamil migrants into Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Lesly Jana Emmanuel and Kunarobinson Christhurajah are accused of organizing, inducing and aiding in the operation that brought the Tamils by boat to British Columbia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.