East+Indian+Immigration+And+The+Komagata+Maru+Incident+(1914)

=East Indian Immigration And The Komagata Maru Incident (1914)=
 * CPR agents had convinced Sikhs to immigrate to Canada.
 * It was hard to stop East-Indian immigration because as British subjects they could not be denied access to Canada.
 * To stop East-Indian immigration the government introduced the immigration act which said they had to come to Canada from their country of origin, and couldn't make any stops along the way (continuous passage).
 * This was impossible to do coming from India.
 * In 1914 the Komagata Maru traveled from Hong Kong to china and japan then to Canada, not following the continuous passage law.
 * Canadian police put the ship in quarantine so the passengers could not land, there was a long dispute on whether or not the passengers should be aloud to enter canada or not, the government stood their ground with the continuous passage law.
 * The East-Indians were docked for 2 months during the dispute with limited resources and denied access to Canada and sent back to where they came from.