Dear Editor
Last
week, a boat carrying a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers was
intercepted by the Australian navy and escorted to Christmas Island.
Press reports suggest that they were detained for a couple of days
before being returned by air to Sri Lanka. It is alleged that their
asylum claims were considered and summarily rejected. In the meantime,
several thousand asylum seekers in Australia have been waiting for up to
seven years for their claims to protection to be determined. It seems
extraordinary that, when it suits their purpose, the government can
determine asylum cases in a matter of days, but others have to wait
years, in the hope that they will give up and return home to danger.
Can’t we do better than this, in the interests of humanity?
Georgina Spinaze
Mylestom
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