Australia deports Tamil asylum seekers

by admin
Oct 23, 2012

A day after a UK High Court halted the deportation of a number of Tamil asylum seekers over fears of torture on return, a Tamil asylum seeker in Australia was issued with a deportation notice.

The Tamil male, held in Melbourne, was told that he will be deported on 31st October. The notice states he will be liable for the cost of the deportation and will be invoiced before the set deportation.

In July, Dayan Anthony, was deported to Sri Lanka by Australian immigration authorities, despite a last minute appeal to the UN.

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