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MV Sun Sea passengers

Citing national paranoia as her foe, Vancouver activist seeks help for Tamil refugees

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews saw “the [Tamil] Sun Sea passengers as terrorists and criminals,” Leslie Hammond, a refugee activist, said, adding that “his eyesight must be remarkable if he could s