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Old 08-18-2010, 09:49 AM   #168
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate View Post
This "if we allow one, we are going to be overrun" theory seems a little far fetched given that the Sikh ship that landed in Nova Scotia is the last time I remember so many people landing at once. And that was decades ago. If we allowed the Sikh's to be processed and stay as refugee's why haven't we been overrun with ships landing in the last 20 years or so?

This landing by boatloads is very rare given the cost and dangers involved. Most people would take refuge closer to home rather than risk the long trip.
Human smuggling is a whole new ball game now and it's a dangerous thing to condone considering the ties it often has to organized crime.

The people who own this ship got paid around $20 million from the 490 people on board. Of course, a lot of that money is probably "owed"... and how does one pay back a gangster?

If this ship and the people on it are allowed to stay, I would seriously consider getting some people together and purchasing a ship for bringing refugees to Canada (for a fee of course). What an easy way to make money to fund whatever I want.
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