Posts Tagged ‘deportation’
UK ‘to deport 100 Tamils’ as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution
[Channel 4 News] A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity. Human Rights Watch claims the aircraft will fly the Tamils back to the country where they could face interrogation and torture. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka Togo refugees condemn ‘miserable conditions’
[BBC] About 200 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees have told the BBC that they are enduring miserable conditions in the West African state of Togo. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka: Fears for Tamils deported from UK
[BBC] A BBC reporter said that the deportees were questioned and later released and that they appeared to be a mixture of failed asylum seekers and overstayers. Human rights groups have criticised Britain, saying the mainly Tamil asylum seekers may not be safe. The UK government dismissed the fears. [Full Story]
Read MoreUK Sri Lanka Tamils fear forced deportation
[BBC] About 20 Tamil asylum seekers facing the prospect of being deported from Britain to Sri Lanka have told the BBC that their lives are in danger. [Full Story]
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