Posts Tagged ‘Australia’
Detention centre like a prison, say TamilsBy Editor - April 21st, 2010 |
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[Tamil] asylum seekers who were removed from an Indonesian port earlier this week say they are now being kept in cramped conditions in a detention centre which is like a prison. About 150 Tamil boat people were put on buses on Monday and transported from the Port of Merak to Jakarta’s main airport. |
Tamil refugees told to get out of Sri Lanka or suffer persecutionBy Editor - April 2nd, 2010 |
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THOUSANDS of desperate Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka have a stark choice: stay and be persecuted or risk the long, dangerous voyage to Australia. A senior diplomat, experienced in people smuggling matters, said Sri Lanka’s government cared about neither the refugees’ fate nor Australia’s boat people predicament. |
