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RCMP seizes vessel carrying 76 off B.C. coast

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RCMP seizes vessel carrying 76 off B.C. coast


Misc CDN | 206719 hits | Oct 17 4:31 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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An RCMP emergency response team boarded and took control of a vessel carrying 76 people on Saturday off the British Columbia coast and was piloting it to port.

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  1. by ridenrain
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:01 am
    Classic BC Immigration story. Good work by the RCMP.

    I'm also very confused when they say they don't know the country where the ship was registered. Isn't the country of registry written under the name of the ship?

  2. by avatar Newsbot
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:44 am
    Human smuggling probed as 76 seized in rusty ship off B.C.
    Law & Order
    Posted By:
    2009-10-17 20:00:58

  3. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:44 am
    Thank God they cought this before the people aboard were placed into slave labor or sex shops here in Canada.

  4. by ridenrain
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:45 am
    Earlier Saturday night, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said from Ottawa early indications are the people aboard are from Sri Lanka, although that has not been confirmed. A vicious civil war on the island nation ended earlier this year with the defeat of Tamil separatists.


    It sounds like they were mostly Tamil ex-tigers who fled before they were caught. Definately not someone Canada needs or wants.

  5. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:47 am
    "ridenrain" said
    It sounds like they were mostly Tamil ex-tigers who fled before they were caught. Definately not someone Canada needs or wants.


    That's a typical flawed leap in logic.

  6. by ridenrain
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:41 am
    I'm sorry.. Are you saying that valuable immigrants usually sneak into the country through jerkwater BC ports? Perhaps they wanted to avoid the huge fan fair or paveratzi when they flew first class into YVR?

  7. by avatar martin14
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:51 am
    "ridenrain" said
    I'm sorry.. Are you saying that valuable immigrants usually sneak into the country through jerkwater BC ports? Perhaps they wanted to avoid the huge fan fair or paveratzi when they flew first class into YVR?



    Maybe they only speak Polish ?


    Seriously though, they should be shipped back asap..

  8. by avatar KorbenDeck
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:10 am
    Canada needs to amend the Immigration and Refugee Act. It should not extend to people entering Canada illegally. Some people may find that harsh but it is the truth, we need to stop wasting millions of dollars a year on people who come to Canada illegally. If someone enters Canada illegally they should be deported the moment they are caught, don't care what happens to them when they are sent back they are not Canada's problem.

    Go to the USA if you want to be an illegal alien they have 19 million. Canada has enough trash without taking on other countries.

    Chances are these are Tamil who are coming to Canada with no intention of being part of Canada. Remember after the LTTE lost the leader of the Tamil community in Canada said something along the lines that the Tamils will have their own country even if it isn't in Sir Lanka. Not the kind of people Canada needs or should want

  9. by avatar OldChum
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:55 pm
    Yes it is time to tighten up the gate .

  10. by avatar Gunnair  Gold Member
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:14 pm
    "ridenrain" said
    I'm sorry.. Are you saying that valuable immigrants usually sneak into the country through jerkwater BC ports? Perhaps they wanted to avoid the huge fan fair or paveratzi when they flew first class into YVR?


    Nope. Nice ham fisted segway though.

  11. by avatar kenmore
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:30 pm
    "ridenrain" said
    I'm sorry.. Are you saying that valuable immigrants usually sneak into the country through jerkwater BC ports? Perhaps they wanted to avoid the huge fan fair or paveratzi when they flew first class into YVR?



    Alas! we agree.... my question is why seize it .. why not escort it back out of Canadian waters and send them packing... but no... they will be given refuge and probably housing..

  12. by ridenrain
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:14 pm
    "Gunnair" said
    I'm sorry.. Are you saying that valuable immigrants usually sneak into the country through jerkwater BC ports? Perhaps they wanted to avoid the huge fan fair or paveratzi when they flew first class into YVR?


    Nope. Nice ham fisted segway though.

    Always nice to hear from my fans. :D

    Meanwhile, the Toronto Tamil society issued this statement:

    Canada�s Tamil community is responding today to the arrival of 76 migrants aboard a ship, in Victoria Saturday by urging the government to award the passengers due process and consider humanitarian concerns.


    http://www.timescolonist.com/Tamil+comm ... story.html

    Obviously that ham fisted segway was far more accurate than your flippant criticism. :D

  13. by avatar Brenda
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:50 pm
    The moment they set foot on Canadian soil, they can claim refugee status, right?

    I guess we can welcome 76 newcomers...

  14. by avatar EyeBrock
    Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:55 pm
    Yep, what we should be doing is chartering an aircraft to take them back home. But hey, if we did that we would have Tamils running all over the Gardiner Expressway before you can say 'Olivia Chow'.

    What we will do is let them in, give them welfare and wait for the next load of ships from Sri Lanka.



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