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Thursday, June 22, 2000

IMMIGRATION T-SHIRT SCANDAL
(Keith Wells) - What was intended as a simple "thank you" to Immigration Canada employees for their hard work has generated still more controversy over the treatment of illegal migrants. At issue are golf shirts that were given to immigration workers reading, "Class of 90." That refers to the 90 migrants deported from Canada last month who are now facing an uncertain future in Fujian jails. Victor Wong of the Association of Chinese Canadians says the insignia on the shirts is distasteful, and says whoever is responsible showed poor judgment. That person is Immigration Canada's Rob Johnson. He says he had the shirts made for staff members to thank them for their hard work in dealing with the migrants, but admitted it was a mistake. Immigration staff has been asked to return the one hundred shirts, which are valued at about two thousand dollars. Two hundred and sixty migrants are still being detained in the Vancouver area. As soon as the Chinese government gives its approval, many of them will be sent home, just as the first 9 0 were last month.
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