Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

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  Failed Asylum Seekers Safe To Return Home: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe

  Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that failed asylum seekers held in Australian-run detention centres in the South Pacific will not face prosecution or harm if they return home.

• Australia Sends 157 Asylum Seekers to Nauru Detention Centre

  Australia has sent 157 migrants, thought to be Sri Lankan asylum seekers, to a detention centre on the Pacific island of Nauru after they declined an offer to speak with Indian officials about their refugee claims, the government said on Saturday.

• Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Arrive in Australia After Weeks Held at Sea

  A group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were held at sea by Australian authorities for almost a month, sparking a legal challenge against their detention, have arrived at a detention camp on mainland Australia, government officials said on Monday.

• Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers to be Taken to Australia

  Australia's immigration minister says Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been languishing on board an Australian customs vessel for weeks will temporarily be brought to the mainland.

• Australia to Ship Tamil Asylum Seekers to Its Mainland: Report

  Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers it has been holding at sea for nearly a month to a mainland detention centre, a government source told Reuters on Friday, in a setback for Prime Minister Tony Abbott's tough refugee policies.

• Australian Minister Under Fire for Not Meeting Tamil Groups During Sri Lanka Trip

  A Tamil group criticised Australia's immigration minister on Thursday for visiting northern Sri Lanka without meeting Tamil leaders, days after Australia returned a boat of asylum seekers, including Tamils, under its hardline border security policy.

• Australia Denies 'Offensive' Accusations Sri Lanka Asylum Seekers Ill-Treated

  Australia on Wednesday rejected accusations of mistreatment by Sri Lankan asylum seekers returned to the island nation, saying the move sent a strong message to those thinking of following in their footsteps.

• Australia Defends Returning Migrants to Sri Lanka

  Australia on Wednesday defended returning dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers back home after intercepting them at sea and rejected allegations they were mistreated.

• Australia Returns Asylum Seekers to Sri Lanka

  Australia's government confirmed on Monday that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer at sea, drawing outrage from human rights groups who fear those on board could be persecuted in their home country.

• Sri Lanka Asylum Seekers Returned by Australia Face 'Rigorous Imprisonment'

  Forty-one Sri Lankan asylum seekers returned by Australia are to be charged with leaving the country illegally and those found guilty face "rigorous imprisonment", police said on Monday, fuelling concerns about Australian policy and rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

• British court blocks Sri Lankan Tamil deportations

  A group of failed Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers have won the right to stay in the UK after the high court in London blocked their deportation scheduled for today.