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2016-05-19 17:11:39 Post No. 74470769
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2016-05-19 17:11:39
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>Calling it a "stain on Canada's past", Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for turning away of a ship of Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims in 1914.
A Japanese steamship, the Komagata Maru, arrived in Canada on 23 May 1914 from Hong Kong, carrying 376 migrants.
>Most passengers were turned away and the ship sat in the harbour for two months before returning to India.
>Twenty passengers were killed and many were jailed after a riot broke out upon the ship's return.
They were denied entry into Canada because of the laws of that time.
>"Today - while knowing that no words can fully erase the pain and suffering experienced by the passengers - I offer a sincere apology on behalf of the government for the laws in force at the time that allowed Canada to be indifferent to the plight of the passengers of the Komagata Maru," Mr Trudeau said in the House of Commons on Wednesday.