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Sri Lanka: MV Sun Sea Refugee Faces Deportation in 10 Days
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 months ago
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MV Sun Sea Refugee Faces Deportation in 10 Days [TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 February 2013, 05:26 GMT] The CBC reported on Thursday that an MV Sun Sea Eezham Tamil refugee faces imminent deportation. The Canadian government has issued a deportation order
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Failed candidates for Canada's refugee judge jobs get third chance
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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According to an internal memo obtained by the Star , the Immigration and Refugee Board has just launched a third competition to fill the 105 positions in its refugee protection division before June 29, when the new laws come into effect. The board
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13-year-old North Korean refugee and her brother sought
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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In late January, a 13-year-old girl and her older brother arrived at Romero House, a refugee centre in Toronto's west end. It is their last known destination in an odds-defying journey that began in North Korea, one of the most isolated and brutal
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Canada blocks release of China's most wanted man
Ottawa :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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Analysis & Opinion Lai Changxing, who has been called China's most wanted fugitive, listens to a translator during a news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia September 18, 2007. China's most-wanted fugitive remained behind Canadian bars on
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Tamil migrant should be deported for human smuggling: border service agency
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 years ago
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A lawyer for the Canada Border Service Agency says that among the 492 Tamil migrants who arrived in Canada aboard a cargo ship last summer was one of the key organizers of what he calls a human smuggling mission. Kenny Nicolaou is asking the
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Tamil woman held over 'tiger thali' has been released !
In a sweet turn of events, a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant woman who has been spending months of detention due to a sole reason of wearing a controversial 'tiger thali' as referred by federal government officials, has been released from the Burnaby
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Tamil mother remains in detention in B.C. because of necklace
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 years ago
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The federal government has dragged its heels disclosing evidence to ensure the continued detention of MV Sun Sea passengers, including a mother who's been held for months because of a necklace that allegedly links her to the Tamil Tigers, her lawyer
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Canada to deport Tamil migrant over past links with Tigers !
The Immigration and Refugee Board(IRB) of Canada, on Tuesday, ordered the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant after finding out that he had been a member of 'Sea Tigers', the naval wing of the banned group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (
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Refugee claimant admits to refugee board he fought one battle with Tamil Tigers
Toronto :: Canada | 2 years ago
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One of the hundreds of Sri Lankan migrants who arrived off the B.C. coast last year is admitting that he fought at least one battle during seven years as a member of the Tamil Tigers. A lawyer for the Canada Border Services Agency has told the
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Mere association with LTTE insufficient to prove membership, says IRB
Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) member, Marc Tessler on Sunday ruled that the mere association with the banned Sri Lanka's terrorist group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) is not enough to constitute its membership. <
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