Canada PM Trudeau to announce apology for not allowing Sikhs to enter nation in 1914

Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on Monday announced that he will issue a formal apology on May 18, 2016 in the House of Commons on the 102nd anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident.

In 1914, around 376 passengers of Sikh descent who arrived in Vancouver in a Japanese steam ship named Komagata Maru were refused entry into Canada because of discriminatory racial laws during the time. 

Trudeau made the announcement during the occasion of Vaisakhi marking the conclusion of the three-day religious ceremony.