RCMP vessels head for Tamil migrant ship

Thu Aug 12, 2010

 CBC News

A flotilla of 10 boats, including RCMP vessels and one navy ship, left the B.C. coast on Thursday morning headed for a Thai cargo ship with an estimated 200 Tamil migrants on board.

The MV Sun Sea entered Canada's exclusive economic zone — which extends 200 nautical miles, or about 370 kilometres — on Wednesday.

The cargo ship is thought to be carrying between 200 and 500 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/12/bc-tamil-ship-sri-lanka-rcmp.html#ixzz0wPCX2PMs

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