New novel about Tamil asylum-seekers reveals Canada's 'split personality' about refugees
Source:
CBC Radio
Date:
14 Jan 2018
On August 13, 2010, the Canadian navy intercepted a rusty cargo ship called the MV Sun Sea off the coast of British Columbia.There were nearly 500 Tamil asylum-seekers onboard. They had fled Sri Lanka after the end of a long and gruesome civil war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, also known as the Tamil Tigers.
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Article