Chinese Immigrants from
Mainland China to Canada
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Boat people at a house of detention in Vancouver. | Life at one of the Reception Centers in Vancouver. Studying, enjoying their hobbies, nuturing their own world... | |||
Ship to Shore : RCMP Emergency Response Team and Marine Squad members guard 123 people on a derelict boat in Nootka Sound... | Life at one of the Reception Centers in Vancouver. Studying, enjoying their hobbies, nuturing their own world... | |||
Getting set up : refugee claimants listen to speeches at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. offices where they were offered help from various groups. | Life at one of the Reception Centers in Vancouver. Studying, enjoying their hobbies, nuturing their own world... | |||
Boarded at sea : RCMP tactical squad members board and arrest Korean ship that dropped off illegal migrants on rugged Kunghit island... | Life at one of the Reception Centers in Vancouver. Studying, enjoying their hobbies, nuturing their own world... | |||
SUCCESS supplying meals for refugees. | Life at one of the Reception Centers in Vancouver. Studying, enjoying their hobbies, pursuing meaning of life in religion... | |||
En route : some of the 125 migrants taken from the Queen Charlottes peer from the rear deck of the Coast Guard ship Tanu... | 2nd boat - deck. | |||
Safe : some of the estimated 130 refugees arrive in Port Hardy on Thursday after being taken off the Coast Guard ship Arrow Post. | 2nd boat - showing bar covering the cabins. | |||
Smiles from three of the boat people as they reach Port Hardy... and their ocean ordeal ends. | 2nd boat - side of deck. | |||
RCMP watch as one of the Chinese migrants enters a building at armed forces base in Esquimalt. | 2nd boat from side of pier. Sign of Alberni Reef Association asking for donations for sinking the four boats. | |||
Second wave : women and children who came ashore in the Queen Charlotte Islands peer out from the rear dock of the Coast Guard ship... | 2nd boat front deck. | |||
Heading for hearing : a young Chinese migrant glances at the news media as he and others are led in to their hearings... | 3rd boat with Korean sailors. Deck showing fresh water tank. Migrants allowed to walk on deck during the trip. | |||
Frightened : young Chinese women migrants are led handcuffed into immigration hearings Thursday at CFB Esquimalt... | 3rd boat - game cards left by migrants. | |||
Not seaworthy : the latest ship to bring Chinese migrants to B.C. is towed to Esperanza Inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Tuesday... | 3rd boat - more spacious cabin compared to 2nd boat. | |||
Latest arrivals : some of the about 190 boat people that were intercepted off the West Coast of Vancouver Island... | Cabin of 3rd boat turned into display room for visitors. | |||
A male illegal migrant at the Vancouver detention cut his wrist, and 70 people held a demonstration... | 3rd boat - log book, maps used by Korean sailors. | |||
Boat people under 17 attending the hearing for their refugee status application. | Diary of a young man aboard 3rd boat. | |||
Chinese migrants found in a container aboard a ship in Vancouver are led into their detention review... | Side view of 3rd and 6th boats moored off shore waiting for sinking. |