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Aug 24, 2010 James Ellsworth The Tamil ship, MV Sun Sea, is the latest in a series of incidents in Canadian history concerning immigration, from Sikhs, to Jews, and now Sri Lankans. Migrants wanting to settle in Canada, often as refugees, have been coming by ship for centuries. The most...

Date: Friday Aug. 13, 2010 7:43 AM PT A cargo ship off British Columbia is carrying hundreds of migrants seeking refuge in Canada. Here are some past instances of refugees and migrants coming to Canada in boats: June 2010: Border officials in Nova Scotia spot a 13-metre sailboat approaching...

[B]Kapil Dev to receive ashes of Indian Sikh migrant on Sunday Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev will receive the ashes of Indian immigrant Pooran Singh for relocation to his homeland 63 years after he died. The event...

Ludhiana violence by migrant labourers, an indicator of bigger trouble in offing Kanwal Preet Kaur Saturday, 05 December 2009 It is indeed worrying that migrant labourers who contributed significantly in development of Punjab, have induldged in violence following police inaction on...

Sikh scholars oppose influx of migrant labourers PTI - Chandigarh Sikh scholars today strongly opposed the influx of labourers from other states into Punjab alleging it had "complicated the situation" in the state. "The mass ingress of over 20 lakh immigrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar...

Malaysia's mystery migrant deaths (BBC News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=126ft2gt9/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4720386.stm Array Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:42:26 GMT Jonathan Kent reports on the deaths of five Burmese workers in a Kuala Lumpur...

Migrant labour from Bihar is turning to the Sikh religion and converting in a bid to reduce discrimination against them in the agricultural and labour sectors in Punjab...