Tamil organization says migrant boat had burial at sea

Tamil group: Man died on migrant ship

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A man died and was buried at sea last month as hundreds of ethnic Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka spent a grueling several months at sea in a cramped, rusting cargo ship, officials said Sunday.

Canada says Tamil migrants in fairly good condition after arriving in renovated ship

Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Lawyer fears hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized

Tamils seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized

Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seek asylum in Canada; government fears some are terrorists

Tamils cram on ship, seeking asylum in Canada

Tamil migrant ship docks off Canada’s West coast

Tamil migrant ship docks in Canada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey.

Migrant ship that could be carrying Tamil Tigers nears Canada, will be intercepted

Tamil migrant ship nears Canada

TORONTO — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they will intercept a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the passengers may include people Canada considers terrorists.

Canada briefed on migrant ship headed its way that could be carrying Tamil Tigers

Canada briefed about migrant ship

TORONTO — Canada’s top security official said Monday he was getting regular briefings on a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka that could be carrying terrorists.

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3 Indian Canadians charged with poll fraud

VANCOUVER - Three Indian-Canadian men here have been charged with poll malpractices in the last year’s election campaign of Indian-origin British Columbia’s former solicitor-general Kash Heed.

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