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Australia’s High Court ruled yesterday that the government had acted legally when it held 157 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers at sea for almost a month.
The 157 Tamil men, women and children sailed from Pondicherry, India, last year, fleeing violence and discrimination in Sri Lanka.
Their boat was intercepted in June and they remained trapped onboard for weeks before being transferred to the remote Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
