IMMIGRATION: PM takes firm stand on people
smuggling
Friday, October 22, 1999
VANCOUVER -- Prime Minister Jean
Chrétien said yesterday that he wants the book thrown at those caught
smuggling people into Canada.
Mr. Chrétien, speaking after opening a $70-million virtual-game studio
in Burnaby, B.C., said the number of refugee applicants who came by boat
to the West Coast this summer is less than those who arrive by plane every
month through Toronto.
But the Prime Minister said he's bothered most by those who put
migrants on rusty boats and send them across the Pacific. He said he wants
them caught and jailed, but how is up to Immigration Minister Elinor
Caplan. CP
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