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Friday, July 25, 2014

Australia to move detained asylum group onshore

Australia to move detained asylum group onshore. 

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference in Sydney on 25 July 2014 

 A group of 157 asylum seekers command bemused are dropped at the Australian land to be detained, Australia's immigration minister says.

The cluster are command bemused by customs officers for pretty much a month.


Rights teams had voiced serious considerations regarding their treatment.

The case came to lightweight earlier this month as Australia detained a separate boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, screened their asylum claims bemused and came them to Ceylon.

Human rights activists filed a legal challenge aimed toward preventing similar handling of this second cluster of individuals.

Lawyers say the cluster, that departed from Bharat, includes Sri Lankan Tamils.

Rights teams say Tamils will still face intimidation and violence in Ceylon, 5 years when the tip of the warfare, that cavitied the bulk Sinhalese Sri Lankan military against Tamil separatists.

Under international treaties, Australia cannot come back folks to places wherever they may face ill-usage. international organization exile body UNHCR has additionally expressed concern regarding the fairness of on-water screening of asylum claims.