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Friday,
May. 19, 2000
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Stowaways seek
refugee status
HALIFAX (CP) -- Two of five stowaways who tried
to jump ship in Halifax are seeking refugee status, officials
confirmed today.
The five were picked up by police Thursday
just minutes after leaving a container ship tied up in the harbour.
Immigration officials interviewed all five and determined
that they were Romanians who had boarded the vessel in Italy earlier
this month.
The vessel left port Thursday night, taking
three of the men with it.
The two who stayed behind will now
have to wait for an immigration hearing to determine whether their
application to stay will be accepted. That could take several
months.
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Top News
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Inuit
community hit by more suicides
The deputy mayor of Labrador's largest Inuit
community was one of two people who killed themselves within a
week after town leaders talked about preventing another wave
of suicides, the mayor of Nain confirmed Thursday.
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