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| Subject: Asylum seeker doused himself with petrol following immoral OZschwitz decision to deport him Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:59 pm | |
| A Sri Lankan asylum seeker on a bridging visa is fighting for his life after dousing himself in petrol following a decision by the Australian immigration department to deport him back to Sri Lanka.
The man, whose first name is Janarthanan and who is in his late 20s, was on a bridging visa and had been working as a cleaner in Sydney's inner-western suburb of Balmain.
The Tamil asylum seeker, who had been living in Australia for at least 18 months, was this week told by the department that his application for a permanent protection visa had been denied and he would have to return to Sri Lanka, the convener of the Tamil Refugee Council, Trevor Grant, said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tamil-asylum-seeker-fighting-for-his-life-20140410-zqt6q.html#ixzz2ycb1Bn9E |
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