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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@bluecat*slowdancing wrote:

What are they charged with, Julia?

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that depends, doesnt it?

 

there was this case:

 

http://www.news.com.au/national/asylum-seeker-boat-turned-back-to-sri-lanka-37-arrested-one-to-be-pr...

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interesting story in your link julia- it says that 37 ( of which 6 were children) were being held in custody, but will be taken before a magistrate shortly.”

I wonder what happened to them? Sri Lanka does not have a good human rights record as I recall

Mr Morrison rejected a United Nations report claiming Australia was acting in defiance of its international obligations.

Asked whether he had concerns for the safety of the 37 passengers returned to Sri Lanka, Mr Morrison said: “No I don’t. The screening process we have adopted, which was the same adopted by the previous government, ensures we have acquitted our obligations, as we must.

The returns were the first since July when a boat loaded with 41 nationals was intercepted by Australia. Sri Lanka charged them with illegally leaving the country, and their cases are due to be taken up by a court next May.

Australia has gifted two vessels to Sri Lanka’s navy to patrol its shores and stop boats leaving the island, as part of Canberra’s hard line border protection policy.