VANCOUVER - It's happening all over again. Immigration Canada, the RCMP, the Coast Guard and The Department of National Defense are dealing with the arrival of a boatload of migrants on the B.C. coast.

It appears the captain of a mystery ship off the Queen Charlotte Islands tried to dump his human cargo and make a run for it.

The ship dropped off the 150 Chinese men, women and children in Gilbert Bay on the southern tip of the Queen Charlottes.

RCMP constable Tracy Rook says the captain turned the ship around and made for the open water. A military plane hailed the captain to stop and the RCMP ship Inkster is now guarding the vessel.

The RCMP says that the boat and its 8-member crew are of Korean origin. But once again the migrants are from the Fujian region of China. This human cargo is larger than that found on the first boat caught off Vancouver Island in July.