The Canadian government confirmed Thursday that its Navy has boarded a Tamil refugee ship headed toward Vancouver, amid concerns that some on board may be members of the Tamil Tigers terrorist ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey.

(Some reports have named a veteran Tamil Tiger arms smuggler known as Vinod as the ship's captain on its journey to Canada.) Making the trip even more astonishing was its cargo of 492 human beings.

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A Thai cargo ship believed to be carrying about 200 Tamil migrants was within about 230 miles of Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.

TORONTO – TORONTO (AP) — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they will intercept a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the passengers may include ...

The ship, which was carrying Tamil migrants to Canada, was seized and towed into a port in Victoria, B.C. in October 2009. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) Social Sharing.

At sea for three grueling months, hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka sought refuge in Canada on Friday when their ramshackle cargo ship finally edged into the ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The Canadian Tamil Congress says a man died aboard a ship carrying hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers during a grueling voyage that lasted at least three months in a ...

The military said Tamil Tiger rebels sank a navy cargo ship in the eastern port town of Trincomalee. Rebels attacked the 213-foot vessel with an underwater explosive device, said navy spokesman ...