Published On Thu Jul 14 2011 Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—The tone of public discussion about the arrival of hundreds of Tamil migrants by sea last year was "regrettable," a federal advisory panel quietly told the government.

The uproar prompted members of the Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security to recommend the Conservatives clarify for Canadians the differences between immigrants and asylum-seekers, newly obtained documents show.


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