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Illegal Chinese migrants sent home
WebPosted Wed May 10 22:22:29 2000

VANCOUVER - Two buses brought 90 Chinese migrants to Abbotsford, B.C. Wednesday. Once there, they were put on a plane bound for China.

The migrants had been detained in Prince George, British Columbia, pending refugee hearings. The immigration department said those hearings were completed and none of these people qualified for refugee status.

So they're being deported.

The migrants were among the 600 people who were smuggled into Canada last summer. They came in four rusty boats from Fujian province in China.

officials escort the deportees

Sheldon Green, of the B.C. Corrections Branch, confirmed the buses left the Prince George detention centre around midnight on Tuesday and headed to Vancouver.

No other details were released about what Green called a repatriation move. Green disputed reports that unhappy migrants became destructive at the centre before they left on the 10-hour drive.

There are 347 migrants still in custody. Refugee hearings continue.


Ian Hanomansing reports for CBC TV; Greg Rasmussen reports for CBC Radio

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