Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers threatens refugee protection across Asia-Pacific
Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers has been roundly criticised by both the internationally community and within the Asia-Pacific region. This week, however, it reached a new low when the Australian navy intercepted a group of 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers and then forcibly returned them to Sri Lankan authorities without properly assessing whether they were in need of international protection. The action in itself has been seen by many legal experts and human rights advocates as a stark violation of international law which prohibits the forced return of refugees with a genuine fear of persecution (the principle of non-refoulement).
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