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UK To Deport Sri Lankan Refugees To 'Third Country': Report
The United Kingdom has decided to move Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands to 'a safe third country,' unless they returned to Sri Lanka 'voluntarily'.
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UN Asks Australia To Release Tamil Family Fighting Deportation
The UN has asked the Australian government to release the Tamil family, fighting deportation to Sri Lanka, from offshore detention into a "community setting arrangement" to find another way to end their existing situation.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
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"Australia Moved Sri Lanka Toddlers To Remote Detention Centre": Lawyer
A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday.
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"Let Them Stay": Temporary Relief For Sri Lanka Family In Australia
A dramatic late-night call from an Australian judge to a plane bound for Sri Lanka has temporarily spared a family of four -- including two Aussie-born toddlers -- from deportation and fuelled a political firestorm Down Under.
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14 Tamil Nadu Men Raised Funds To Set Up ISIS Cell In India: Sources
Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.
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Sri Lanka Deports Maldivian Teen Wanted in President's Boat Blast Probe
Sri Lanka today deported a Maldivian teenager wanted in an investigation into an explosion on a boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, government and high commission officials said.
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Court Stops Sri Lanka Deporting Foreign Refugees
Sri Lanka's court of appeal has ordered a halt to the deportation of Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani refugees before their asylum claims are fully assessed, an official said Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Not to Deport Members of Pakistan Minority: US Human Rights Group
A US-based human rights group has asked Sri Lanka not to deport members of Pakistani minority Ahmadiya community until the UN refugee agency had full access to them and determined their need for international protection.
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Humanitarian Groups Slam Malaysia Deportation of Sri Lanka Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency and Human Rights Watch on Wednesday decried Malaysia's deportation of two Sri Lankan refugees and an asylum-seeker accused of being Tamil Tiger separatists.
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UK tourist recounts 'hellish' time in Sri Lanka over Buddha tattoo
A 37-year-old British nurse recounted on Tuesday her "hellish" experience in Sri Lanka after she was arrested and sent to a deportation centre for sporting a Buddha tattoo deemed offensive by authorities.
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British tourist to be deported over Buddha tattoo
A 35-year-old British woman faces deportation for sporting a Buddha tattoo in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, where disrespect of the religion by foreigners is frowned upon.
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26 Lankan Tamils on illegal ferry journey to Australia nabbed; all deported
Twenty-six Sri Lankan Tamils were nabbed by Indian Coast Guard while on an illegal voyage to Australia in a ferry off Andaman coast and deported to their country today.
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Canadian MP says threatened with arrest, expulsion from Sri Lanka
A Canadian lawmaker said today she was intimidated she could be deported during an ongoing visit to her birthplace of Jaffna, the war-battered Tamil heartland of Sri Lanka.
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UK To Deport Sri Lankan Refugees To 'Third Country': Report
The United Kingdom has decided to move Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands to 'a safe third country,' unless they returned to Sri Lanka 'voluntarily'.
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UN Asks Australia To Release Tamil Family Fighting Deportation
The UN has asked the Australian government to release the Tamil family, fighting deportation to Sri Lanka, from offshore detention into a "community setting arrangement" to find another way to end their existing situation.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
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"Australia Moved Sri Lanka Toddlers To Remote Detention Centre": Lawyer
A Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday.
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"Let Them Stay": Temporary Relief For Sri Lanka Family In Australia
A dramatic late-night call from an Australian judge to a plane bound for Sri Lanka has temporarily spared a family of four -- including two Aussie-born toddlers -- from deportation and fuelled a political firestorm Down Under.
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14 Tamil Nadu Men Raised Funds To Set Up ISIS Cell In India: Sources
Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.
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Sri Lanka Deports Maldivian Teen Wanted in President's Boat Blast Probe
Sri Lanka today deported a Maldivian teenager wanted in an investigation into an explosion on a boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, government and high commission officials said.
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Court Stops Sri Lanka Deporting Foreign Refugees
Sri Lanka's court of appeal has ordered a halt to the deportation of Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani refugees before their asylum claims are fully assessed, an official said Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Not to Deport Members of Pakistan Minority: US Human Rights Group
A US-based human rights group has asked Sri Lanka not to deport members of Pakistani minority Ahmadiya community until the UN refugee agency had full access to them and determined their need for international protection.
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Humanitarian Groups Slam Malaysia Deportation of Sri Lanka Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency and Human Rights Watch on Wednesday decried Malaysia's deportation of two Sri Lankan refugees and an asylum-seeker accused of being Tamil Tiger separatists.
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UK tourist recounts 'hellish' time in Sri Lanka over Buddha tattoo
A 37-year-old British nurse recounted on Tuesday her "hellish" experience in Sri Lanka after she was arrested and sent to a deportation centre for sporting a Buddha tattoo deemed offensive by authorities.
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British tourist to be deported over Buddha tattoo
A 35-year-old British woman faces deportation for sporting a Buddha tattoo in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, where disrespect of the religion by foreigners is frowned upon.
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26 Lankan Tamils on illegal ferry journey to Australia nabbed; all deported
Twenty-six Sri Lankan Tamils were nabbed by Indian Coast Guard while on an illegal voyage to Australia in a ferry off Andaman coast and deported to their country today.
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Canadian MP says threatened with arrest, expulsion from Sri Lanka
A Canadian lawmaker said today she was intimidated she could be deported during an ongoing visit to her birthplace of Jaffna, the war-battered Tamil heartland of Sri Lanka.
