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B.C. apologizes for Komagata Maru incident

After 94 years, the B.C. legislature unanimously passed a motion Friday apologizing for the Komagata Maru incident. On May 23, 1914, the Japanese charter ship Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver harbour with 376 immigrants from India. Canadian immigration officials refused to let the passengers disembark, using the continuous journey regulation which required migrants to arrive in Canada directly from their country of origin.

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