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Tamil migrants arrive at B.C. base

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    Members of the RCMP are seen wearing surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    Members of the RCMP are seen standing on the deck and bridge of the MV Sun Sea as it is escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    Migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    Police and military boats surround the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    A migrant looks over the side of the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    Police and military are seen wearing surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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    The MV Sun Sea is escorted past Fisgard Lighthouse and into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
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    A member of the RCMP wears a surgical mask as he boards the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    The MV Sun Sea is escorted past Fisgard Lighthouse and into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    A military boat passes by CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., near Victoria on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. A suspect Tamil migrant boat named the MV Sun Sea which is believed to be holding at least 450 people with unknown numbers of women and children is said to be headed into Canadian waters and will be directed to CFB Esquimalt.
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    A seal pup nurses from its mother as military boat passes by CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. A suspect Tamil refugee boat named the MV Sun Sea carrying 490 refugees is headed into Canadian waters and will be directed to CFB Esquimalt.
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    A military boat passes by CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., near Victoria on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. A suspect Tamil migrant boat named the MV Sun Sea which is believed to be holding at least 450 people with unknown numbers of women and children is said to be headed into Canadian waters and will be directed to CFB Esquimalt.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    A military boat passes by Fisgard Lighthouse at the entrance to CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., near Victoria on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. A suspect Tamil migrant boat named the MV Sun Sea which is believed to be holding at least 450 people with unknown numbers of women and children is said to be headed into Canadian waters and will be directed to CFB Esquimalt.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Members of the RCMP prepare migrants to be escorted from the M V Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Members of the RCMP use a tarp to cover the M V Sun Sea ships name after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Migrants are escorted from the M V Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Migrants are escorted from the M V Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Migrants are escorted from the M V Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. The suspect Tamil migrant boat is believed to be holding as many as 500 refugees with unknown numbers of women and children.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Corrections officers and a bus driver are seen at the front of a bus carrying migrants onto a ferry in Swartz Bay, B.C.,Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. The bus is said to be transferring them to a corrections facility in the Fraser Valley. Some 490 migrants arrived in Canada Friday just outside of Victoria on the ship MV Sun Sea.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    The Fraser Regional Correctional Centre is seen in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The corrections facility is said to be where some of the 490 migrants who arrived in Canada by ship on Friday are being held.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    The Alouette Correctional Centre for Women is seen in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The corrections facility is said to be where some of the 490 migrants who arrived in Canada by ship on Friday are being held.
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    A corrections officer stands guard at the gate leading into the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The corrections facility is said to be where some of the 490 migrants who arrived in Canada by ship on Friday are being held.
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    A small number of people hold a rally outside CFB Esquimalt to protest the arrival of the migrant ship in near Victoria on Saturday Aug. 14, 2010. A ship carrying nearly 500 migrants docked Friday at CFB Esquimalt near Victoria, sailing into a vigorous debate about how Canada should treat them and others who may be planning a similar voyage.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Corrections officers and a bus driver are seen at the front of a bus carrying migrants onto a ferry in Swartz Bay, B.C.,Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. The bus is said to be transferring them to a corrections facility in the Fraser Valley. Some 490 migrants arrived in Canada Friday just outside of Victoria on the ship MV Sun Sea.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    Tents are seen set up at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The corrections facility is said to be where some of the 490 migrants who arrived in Canada by ship on Friday are being held.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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    The Fraser Regional Correctional Centre is seen in Maple Ridge, B.C. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The corrections facility is said to be where some of the 490 migrants who arrived in Canada by ship on Friday are being held.
    CP/Jonathan Hayward

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