Hearings continue for
illegal immigrants WebPosted Fri Jul 30
19:53:21 1999
VANCOUVER - Detention hearings
continued Friday in two locations for the Chinese refugee claimants
found on a decrepit boat off Vancouver Island.
In Vancouver, hearings have started for 17 of 19 claimants who
were moved to the city jail on Thursday.
The other two have already had their hearings in Esquimalt and
were ordered held in custody by immigration officers.
A fourth straight day of hearings is going on at Canadian Forces
Base Esquimalt, where the other 95 refugee claimants are still being
kept.
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