Canada: Human Smuggling

Federal Government Dept: VANCOUVER - Canada's human smuggling law has been struck down by the British Columbia Supreme Court, leaving two high-profile prosecutions in limbo with the suggestion the federal government should go back to the drawing board, according to Winnipeg Free Press. A publication ban was lifted today on a ruling issued Friday by Justice Arne Silverman, who found the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act infringes on charter rights and could lead to the prosecution of people like humanitarian workers and the MV Sun Sea is escorted past Fisgard Lighthouse and into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., on Aug. 13, 2010.Canada's human smuggling law has been struck down by the British Columbia Supreme Court, leaving two high-profile prosecutions in limbo with the suggestion the federal government should go back to the drawing board. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward The decision comes in the first of two trials for men accused of ferrying Tamil migrants to B.C.'s west coast. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.