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Genocide in Sri Lanka: an inconvenient finding : Comments
By Bruce Haigh, published 11/2/2014Similarly both Bishop and Carr have described Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka as 'economic migrants', in order to send them back to Sri Lanka without processing their claims to be refugees.
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I bet that you like most of the other left whingers on this site have never even read the UNHCR charter. If you had you would realise that:
1 the charter covers those fleeing war and persecution, not those seeking a better life style.
2 the charter covers only refugees that have landed on Australian soil and is silent on interceptions on the high seas.
3 the charter allows for detention until the refugee status has been determined.
4 once the asylum seeker has been determined to be genuine, he is to be given refuge, permanent residence is not required, nor is the acceptance of his immediate family.
So where is the coalition not complying?