According to the Immigration and Refugee board of Canada, it has been confirmed that Tamil immigrants who were to appear in a detention review (which was due to be held in British Columbia) would now have to be in custody for another extended one week. There are a total of 492 Tamil migrants.

It was on Tuesday, when the first hearings for 15 migrants from Sri Lanka happened. Reports say that these people came through sea route and arrived at the coast of British Columbia last Friday. The hearing happened in Vancouver.

The migrants have been given accommodation in various detention centers located in Vancouver. Also, it was on the request of Federal government that the stay of these migrants should be extended for them to go for fingerprint checks and identification verification. The second hearing of 15 other women who appeared for their detention review earlier will take place on August 24.

The main purpose of the hearing is to determine the immigration status of these immigrants and who will remain in detention and who would be given the status to live in community.

A person from the board has confirmed that it is desired to hold initial hearing of 60 men and 15 women every day. Although, no information has been provided as to what is the outcome of the first hearing which was held recently.

The wait for intimidating the refugee status may take months and in some cases, years.