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Sri Lankan migrant in B.C. deemed potential security risk

A Thai ship carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils arrived in Esquimalt Harbour in Victoria, B.C. August  13, 2010.

One of the 492 Sri Lankan migrants who arrived in Canada last month allegedly travelled to foreign countries with a delegation of Tamil Tigers, a hearing into his detention heard Wednesday.

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