Tamil migrant ship crew to be deported
Posted Aug 6, 2011 04:13:01 AM.
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An immigration adjudicator in B.C. issued a deportation order for a crew member of a Tamil migrant ship that arrived in B.C. last year. Michael McPhalen ruled yesterday that the crew member of the Sun Sea helped a human smuggling effort.
McPhalen rejected the crew member’s claim that he didn’t know it was a human smuggling operation. The adjudicator also dismissed the federal government’s attempt to deport a passenger aboard the ship.
The government contended the man was helping the Tamil Tigers in a suicide bombing because one of his possessions was used in the attack. McPhalen, however, concluded there was no credible evidence the man knew he was helping the terrorist group. It’s not clear what possession the man sold to the Tigers that detail was censored from Friday’s ruling.
