CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA 
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Calls for refugee centre in SEA
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada has urged Canada and Australia, which are struggling to stop illegal refugees or so-called boat people from Sri Lanka, to quickly set up a refugee centre in South-East Asia (SEA) to process cases of genuine people.
Thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils, who have fled to South-Est Asia during and after the civil war, are falling victims to human smugglers promising them to take to Canada and Australia.
Australia has already banned boat people from landing on its shores, and Canada has just introduced a bill to stop human smuggling into the country after about 500 Tamils reached Vancouver in August on a smuggling ship from Thailand.
"Since most Tamil refugees trying to come to Canada and Australia are in south-east Asia (Thailand), Canada and Australia should quickly set up the proposed refugee centre in East Timor. This centre should educate people about the perils of human smuggling and entertain their applications to know who are the genuine people," said Canadian Tamil Congress spokesman David Poopalapillai.
(Source: newkerala)
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