deportations – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Call to delay UK Tamil deportations to Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | June 16, 2011 |

[BBC] Amnesty International says that at least one of the failed asylum seekers tried to commit suicide on Wednesday night at an airport detention facility. The fate of the Tamils is currently unclear. Some are reported to have had their deportations deferred. Others, however, are reported to be heading to the airport for departure. Amnesty argues…

Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers’ deportations deferred

By pearlaction | June 15, 2011 |

[Channel 4] Three of the 40 failed Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, scheduled to be forcibly removed from Gatwick to Colombo tomorrow, have had their deportations deferred. [Full Story]