Sri Lankans admit living in Indonesia

(The Age, November 1, 2009) - MOST of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in a stand-off with Australian authorities off the coast of the Riau Islands have admitted living in [...]

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Detention centre expansion confirmed

(ABC News, Sat Oct 31, 2009) - The Federal Government has confirmed the capacity of Christmas Island detention centre will be increased to more than 2,000.
An influx of boat arrivals [...]

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Tamil migrants raise security questions

(By Steve Mertl, THE CANADIAN PRESS, 31 10 2009) - VANCOUVER, B.C. - The government is raising security questions during detention hearings for a number of the 76 Tamil migrants [...]

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Boat 37 intercepted off Ashmore Reef with 38 on board

(News.com.au, October 30, 2009) - ANOTHER boatload of asylum seekers has been intercepted off northern WA - the 37th vessel intercepted this year.
Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Ararat, operating under [...]

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Let the asylum seekers into Australia!

(Socialist Alternative, 30 10 2009) - Liam Ward argues the issue of asylum seekers cuts right to the heart of everything that’s rotten and inhumane about capitalism – its racism, [...]

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India Denies Visas to Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi Journalists

(IFJ, 30 10 2009) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned to learn that journalists from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, assigned to participate in a workshop on [...]

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“Centre should put pressure on Sri Lanka”

(The Hindu, Saturday, Oct 31, 2009) - DINDIGUL: The Centre should pressurise the Sri Lankan government to allow all the Tamils in camps to go home immediately. It should grant [...]

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Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War

(by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, GlobalResearch.ca, 30 10 2009) - The people of Sri Lanka from the Tamils to the Sinhalese are in the cross-hairs of a much larger and all [...]

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Hindus and Tamils to join forces to campaign for action in Sri Lanka

(Hindu Forum of Britain, 30 10 2009) - Hindu and Tamil organisations bodies from across the UK have announced a campaign to highlight the humanitarian crisis facing the Tamil community, [...]

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High Commissioner’s attacks on Tamils guarantee they will be allowed to stay

(by Andrew Bartlett, Crikey, October 30, 2009) – Comments about Tamil asylum seekers by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Mr Senaka Walgampaya, provide a strong reason why the [...]

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