Scott Morrison has just informed us that 41 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka were handed over to the Sri Lankan military at sea.

Assuming that the direction to do this came from Scott Morrison, I think this may be a criminal act on the part of Scott Morrison, and was wondering if there are any legal experts on this forum who could give a legal view regarding this? It's clearly in breach of international law, but I think it may be in breach of our own law.

What a heartless, vile man is Scott Morrison. He "claims" to be a Christian, yet he has shown he has nothing in common with Jesus Christ. Scott Morrison deserves to be charged, and if found guilty needs to serve a prison term for a crime against humanity.

Keep the brown skins out. We don't want them, we don't need them. Send 'em back and let 'em terrorise their own countries, not our country.

Scotty's doing a great job. He's an Aussie hero. He's keeping the brown skins out and he deserves a medal.

As long as they don't get here, he's got my vote.

Jay,

Yes....

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/53-australian-lawyers-condemn-return-of-asylum-seekers-to-sri-lanka-20140707-zsz13.html#ixzz36lT5f9z7

"Australian international law experts have uniformly condemned Australia’s return of asylum seekers to Sri Lanka as a violation of international law that risks sending vulnerable people back to persecution and torture."

"A statement, signed by 53 international law scholars from 17 Australian universities, said Australia’s conduct under Operation Sovereign Borders “clearly violates international law”.

“We are profoundly concerned by reports that asylum seekers are being subjected to rapid and inadequate screening interviews at sea and returned to Sri Lanka," the statement says.

"This raises a real risk of refoulement in breach of Australia’s obligations under international refugee and human rights law.

“Such summary procedures do not comply with minimum standards on refugee status determination under international law. Holding asylum seekers on boats in this manner also amounts to incommunicado detention without judicial scrutiny.”

Scot Morrison is merrily violating international law.

Is the handing over of asylum seekers at sea to the military of Sri Lanka a criminal act?
Jay123,
No !

High Court injunction blocks handover of 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-07/high-court-injunction-halts-handover-of-asylum-seekers/5579726

"The High Court has granted an interim injunction to stop more than 150 asylum seekers being returned to Sri Lanka by the Australian Navy."

I wonder if Scotty will be as keen to violate Australian law?