Tamil asylum seekers from the North-East of Sri Lanka who were detained at sea for 4 weeks by Australian authorities, were given no chance to claim asylum, documents presented to an Australian high court on Wednesday reveal.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the documents state that the Tamil asylum seekers were also not given “any opportunity to be heard on any matter concerning [their] detention or movement” or subject to the basic screening.
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Yesterday, lawyers for the asylum seekers told the high court, that the detention of the Tamils on board the vessels was in breach of international law, and that the suggestion of deporting them to India, where they would be denied employment, education and health rights was also illegal.
Responding to that, the federal government said on Wednesday that India was the "obvious place" and it had acted lawfully.
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The case of the 157 Tamil asylum seekers took place as a separate case concerning a baby born to a Rohingya Muslim seeking asylum was heard in a Federal Court in Brisbane.
The judge, Michael Jarrett, ruled that baby Ferouz Myuddin, who was born in Brisbane's Mater hospital in November 2013, nonetheless fulfilled the criteria of an "unauthorised maritime arrival" and therefore is not eligible for a refugee visa.
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According to The Guardian newspaper, the documents state that the Tamil asylum seekers were also not given “any opportunity to be heard on any matter concerning [their] detention or movement” or subject to the basic screening.
See more on the case here.
Yesterday, lawyers for the asylum seekers told the high court, that the detention of the Tamils on board the vessels was in breach of international law, and that the suggestion of deporting them to India, where they would be denied employment, education and health rights was also illegal.
Responding to that, the federal government said on Wednesday that India was the "obvious place" and it had acted lawfully.
See more here.
The case of the 157 Tamil asylum seekers took place as a separate case concerning a baby born to a Rohingya Muslim seeking asylum was heard in a Federal Court in Brisbane.
The judge, Michael Jarrett, ruled that baby Ferouz Myuddin, who was born in Brisbane's Mater hospital in November 2013, nonetheless fulfilled the criteria of an "unauthorised maritime arrival" and therefore is not eligible for a refugee visa.
See more here and here.