Why We Should Welcome Boatful of Tamil Refugees into Canada
Harsha Walia Harsha Walia

Why We Should Welcome Boatful of Tamil Refugees into Canada

From the Komagata Maru carrying 376 Punjabi passengers and the SS St. Louis travelling with 900 Jewish asylum seekers, to the boats with 600 people from China's Fujian province and the Ocean Lady that docked in B.C. last year with Tamil refugees - there is something about boatloads of migrants that triggers a national hysteria.

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