desertdude desertdude:
I think the Sri Lankan govt is willing to cooperate on this one so each should go through a very strict background check
BUT
$1:
Last October, the Ocean Lady brought 76 Tamil migrants to Canada from Sri Lanka. One passenger on the Ocean Lady told The Canadian Press that he took the risk to come to Canada to flee threats against his life after the end of Sri Lanka's long and bloody civil war. He agreed to pay $45,000 for the chance to leave.
WTF ! With that kind of money you CAN easily go to a neighbouring country for eg:- UAE and apply for Legal Canadian immigration from there. If I had that kind of money I would be in Canada Legally right now. The reports say the ship was in Thailand earlier why didn't they get off there. There is a sizeable south asian and srilankan community there !
So I say thats bullshit and highly unfair to prospective legal immigrants and ones who've already landed. Smell's more like a human traffic operation to mean with people paying shit load of money which is propablly going the wrong hands to land there.
He doesnt have the money, he didnt pay it.
He will 'earn' it by turning over some welfare money,
and doing various things inside Canada to pay for it.
Which I'm sure the Tigers will invest in quiet farmland for them.