Printer-friendly versionSend to friend For all the breathless coverage it has attracted, it%u2019s still unclear just what the issue is in the matter of the boatload of Tamils that arrived off the coast of B.C. last week. For starters, there is very little that anyone can do about it, or would, beyond what is being done already. No one is suggesting we should have turned the boat back on the high seas, or expelled the Tamils without hearing their refugee claims; both options are in any case illegal. Neither is anyone proposing that they should be admitted to our soil without a proper vetting, to ensure at a minimum that no terrorists lurk amongst them.