Desperate Canada-bound migrants abandoned to fate on sinking ship after crew fled

Sri Lankan migrant vessel 'Lady 3'

About 300 mostly Tamil migrants paid thousands of dollars to smugglers, who told them they would travel to Canada on a cruise liner to seek asylum. Instead, they endured a month on a cramped and filthy fishing boat, only to be left behind by the crew when it started to sink.

CBC | World News

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