The detention of more than 300 Tamil migrants who landed on Vancouver Island last summer aboard a rusty Thai cargo ship called the MV Sun Sea has so far cost $18-million, the Canada Border Services Agency says.
With 107 of the Tamils still in custody—and only five so far publicly linked to accusations of even indirect links to Tamil Tiger fighters in Sri Lanka—the high cost for the mass detention has prompted opposition MPs to renew calls on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary-Southwest, Alta.) government to withdraw a controversial bill it claims will counter human smuggling.
The detention terms of Bill C-49, which would allow the confinement of refugees arriving at Canada's shores or borders for a year with no judicial review, would result in an immense unjustified cost, say Liberal and NDP MPs.
Source: The Hill Times
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