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Deportation orders issued for some Chinese migrants
WebPosted Mon Aug 23 21:50:09 1999

VICTORIA - Fifty-seven of the 131 Chinese migrants who landed on the Queen Charlotte Islands earlier this month have been ordered deported.

The other 74 people have made refugee claims.

The migrants landed on one of the Queen Charlotte Islands on Aug. 11. They were the second group of illegal immigrants to try to enter Canada by ship this summer.

A previous boat carried 120 people. All of them made refugee claims.

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