Thursday, September 29, 2011

Returned asylum seekers detained by police

29 September, 2011
BBCSinhala.com

Police at Colombo airport had detained fifty deportees flown back to the country on Thursday after being expelled from Britain.
Amnesty International


Colombo AirportUnited Kingdom Border Agency chartered a flight to repatriate eight women and forty two men to Sri Lanka.
Most of them are ethnic Tamil asylum seekers.
Fear of detention
Colombo airport officials say the returnees were held by police for questioning.
In June, a group of twenty Sri Lankans were sent back from Britain in an earlier chartered flight.    Full Story>>>