Migrant ship intercepted
in Pacific
WebPosted Sun Aug 29 20:50:29
1999
VICTORIA - Another refugee ship has
been intercepted in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Seventy-five
Asians were found aboard the broken-down vessel.
The ship is believed to have
been adrift at sea for at least a month. They're now getting medical
attention at Midway Island, near Hawaii.
U.S. immigration authorities say they don't know where the ship
came from or where it was going.
According to U.S. Immigration officials, illegal migrants use
Canada as a gateway to the U.S., where many are forced into slave
labour until they pay off thousands of dollars in debt.
Earlier this summer, two other mystery ships dropped Chinese
migrants on the British Columbia coast.
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