Vancouver Sun » Tamil boat refugees: One woman’s story:
“The Harper government calls the shadowy individuals who helped smuggle 492 Tamil migrants to Canada aboard a cargo ship this summer “criminals” and “ruthless profiteers.” But one of the migrants who took that perilous three-month voyage with her two children considers them “saviours.”
“I’m not scared for my life or my [children’s] lives,” the mother said through a translator, in a rare interview. “I’ve got peace of mind.”
The mother was released from detention a month ago but still faces an uncertain future. She agreed to talk to Postmedia News on the condition that her name and other identifying details not be revealed because of her pending refugee claim and because of safety concerns for her family in war-ravaged Sri Lanka.
Her comments come at the end of a year that saw Tory cabinet ministers vow to crack down on human smugglers and “queue jumpers” after the MV Sun Sea lurched to shore in August.”
