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5.6.19

Asylum seeker processing delays. Sri Lankan boat arrivals. June 4, 2019

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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