“Most of them are hardcore LTTE people (Tamil Tigers),” the High Commissioner said in an interview with the Star, adding that women and children are also aboard the ship. “The Tigers are trying to regroup here to keep the movement alive.”

The MV Sun Sea is yet to arrive in Canada but there are already reports that another two shiploads of asylum-seekers are ready to sail.

According to Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, the federal government is also concerned about who is aboard the MV Sun Sea.

He said the Tamil Tigers are behind operations to smuggle people into Canada.

“I can assure you that we are concerned about who is on that ship and why they might be coming to Canada,” he said on Monday.
While the government will protect genuine refugees, Toews said it will thwart those who try to abuse Canada’s immigration policies.