Tamil refugees told to get out of Sri Lanka or suffer persecution
[ Herald Sun ] - [ Apr 01, 2010 10:13:40 GMT ]THOUSANDS of desperate Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka have a stark choice: stay and be persecuted or risk the long, dangerous voyage to Australia. A senior diplomat, experienced in people smuggling matters, said Sri Lanka's government cared about neither the refugees' fate nor Australia's boat people predicament. Naval intelligence sources told the Herald Sun that Colombo encouraged Tamils to risk the dangerous voyage. Some Tamil boats have disappeared, though no one knows how many might have perished. [ full story ]