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This is what happened to the Tamil asylum seekers Australia sent back to Sri Lanka
Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 08:11 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Dec 02 (SBS) It's shortly after sunrise on the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, and Anthonippillai Tharshan is returning after several hours at sea. He set out around midnight to bring back a catch of small fish and crabs to sell at local markets.
It's an honest living and one that he's grateful for given the tumultuous events of his life.
Like thousands of others, in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war, Anthonippillai decided to board an asylum seeker boat bound for Australia in 2012.
He spent 21 days onboard with little food and water before ending up in immigration detention for six months in Australia.
"I was in Christmas Island for 15 days. After that I was transferred to detention centres in Darwin and in Queensland," he tells SBS News.
He says that when he left, the Jaffna Peninsula and its predominantly Tamil people were still recovering from decades of war.
more/source:
http://www.lankapage.com/NewsFiles19/Dec02_1575297671.php
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/this-is...ylum-seekers-australia-sent-back-to-sri-lanka
Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 08:11 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Dec 02 (SBS) It's shortly after sunrise on the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, and Anthonippillai Tharshan is returning after several hours at sea. He set out around midnight to bring back a catch of small fish and crabs to sell at local markets.
It's an honest living and one that he's grateful for given the tumultuous events of his life.
Like thousands of others, in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war, Anthonippillai decided to board an asylum seeker boat bound for Australia in 2012.
He spent 21 days onboard with little food and water before ending up in immigration detention for six months in Australia.
"I was in Christmas Island for 15 days. After that I was transferred to detention centres in Darwin and in Queensland," he tells SBS News.
He says that when he left, the Jaffna Peninsula and its predominantly Tamil people were still recovering from decades of war.
more/source:
http://www.lankapage.com/NewsFiles19/Dec02_1575297671.php
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/this-is...ylum-seekers-australia-sent-back-to-sri-lanka