Late Friday afternoon, the RCMP took charge of a rusting coastal freighter; believed to be involved in human smuggling. The vessel, seized just off the west coast of Vancouver Island, carried seventy-six men. Possibly from Sri Lanka. Saturday afternoon, the vessel was directed to a harbour at Ogden Point in Victoria, where the passengers were evacuated three at a time. The passengers were not handcuffed or binded being that they are being processed under the Immigration and Refugee Act. Their identity was protected from the media and bystanders that gathered along the shore.
This is much more than an individual wishing to finer their employment and lifestyle opportunities. It is one conspiring to escape prosecution against war crimes. Earlier this year marked the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War. For over two decades the rebellion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) against the Sir Lankan government caused an overwhelming affliction among the population. The strategies utilized by LTTE resulted in them being labelled as a terrorist organization.
My questions are, how many of those seventy-six undocumented immigrants have connection to the LTTE? And if they had success in entering our country illegally, what would they do to it?
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