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Saved from the death squads: Darfuris given asylum in UK

Source: The Independent
Khartoum : Sudan | 23 days ago  
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on their wooden boat at Cilegon harbour
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand in their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand in ...
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  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker carries his child as they wait at a health clinic after being detained by the Indonesian Navy, at Cilegon harbour
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand on their wooden boat at Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, stand on ...
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  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker holds a sign at the Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    A Sri Lankan asylum seeker holds a sign at the Cilegon harbour in ...
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  • A man, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, takes a bath on a wooden boat in a harbour, in Indonesia's Banten province
    A man, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
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  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, part of the group of 260 who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogans on their boat in Indonesia's Banten province
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  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seeker stands in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
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  • A boy, one of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, drinks water in Indonesia's Banten province
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  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, holds a placard on a wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
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  • A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brushes his teeth on a wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit on ...
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  • A boy, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shouts slogans during a protest in Banten province
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  • Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout from their boat in Cilegon harbour
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  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers sit in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
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  • An Indonesian Navy official escorts the leader of Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour
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  • Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand in their wooden boat on an Indonesian navy ship in Cilegon harbour, Indonesia's Banten province
    Detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand in their wooden boat on an ...
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, bathe on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, bathe on ...
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brush their teeth on their wooden boat at the Cilegon harbour
    Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, brush ...
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  • Sri Lankan asylum seekers, detained by the Indonesian Navy, jostle to get bottled water at Cilegon harbour
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  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka shout slogans on their boat at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka shout slogans on their boat at Cilegon ...
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  • Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogans from their boat in Cilegon harbour
    Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in their wooden boat as they threaten to go on a hunger strike at the Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in ...
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  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in their wooden boat as they threaten to go on a hunger strike at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, detained by the Indonesian Navy, sit in ...
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  • Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout slogan during a protest in a harbour at the Indonesia's Banten province
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout ...
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  • A wooden boat carrying 260 Srilankan asylum seekers detained by the Indonesian Navy in Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    A wooden boat carrying 260 Srilankan asylum seekers detained by the ...
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  • Children, part of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesia Navy, draw under a tent at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
    Children, part of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by ...
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  • A girl, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, holds a placard on a wooden boat in a harbour, in Indonesia's Banten province
    A girl, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Children, part of the 260 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka detained by the Indonesia Navy, receive milk distributed by IOM in their wooden boat at Cilegon harbour in Indonesia's Banten province
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Under the new policy, released without announcement on Monday by the Home Office, all non-Arab Darfuris will qualify for asylum. The decision was welcomed by the Darfuri community in the UK, many of whom have been living under the threat of deportation.
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