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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 06.56 GMT |
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LTTE affiliate ordered to be deported |
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The Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board on Monday ordered the deportation of another Tamil migrant from the MV Sun Sea, after finding that his activities in Sri Lanka — including an appearance in a Tamil Tiger propaganda video — constituted membership in LTTE.
This is the fourth migrant from the Sun Sea to be ordered deported on such grounds since the ship carrying almost 500 asylum-seekers arrived on the West Coast last August, the Montreal Gazette reported.
In a written decision, IRB adjudicator Geoff Rempel acknowledged that the migrant was never a formal member of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and never participated directly in the group's armed struggle.
However, Rempel found that the man was "more than a mere sympathizer and that his contributions to the LTTE were much more than minimal or marginal."
He cited the man's participation in a fictional movie portraying an attack on Sri Lankan army forces. The movie also showed LTTE fighters training and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
"I have been presented with no evidence that the movie was made to generate box office profits, unlike the Hollywood films of John Wayne and Tom Cruise," he wrote. "I accept the minister (of public safety's) view that the movie was LTTE propaganda, made to support their war aims."
In his decision, Rempel found that the man's work as a karate instructor provided further support to the LTTE's war effort.
"His high-profile involvement with the LTTE went far beyond the civilian-LTTE interactions that may have been unavoidable in LTTE-controlled territories," Rempel concluded.
Fifteen migrants from the Sun Sea remain in detention, the Montreal Gazette said.
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