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Senator Joyce, "...Send 'Oceanic Viking' asylum seekers to Sri Lanka for processing"

Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo : Sri Lanka | 15 days ago  
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  • Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel, Oceanic Viking anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel, ...
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  • Australian Customs officials stand with Sri Lankan refugees on the customs vessel Oceanic Viking
    Australian Customs officials stand with Sri Lankan refugees on the ...
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  • Australian Customs official stands with Sri Lankan refugees on the customs vessel Oceanic Viking
    Australian Customs official stands with Sri Lankan refugees on the ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugees wave from the Australian coast guard vessel, Oceanic Viking anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugees wave from the Australian coast guard vessel, ...
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  • Australian Customs official asks Sri Lankan refugees to move inside ship as boat carrying media approaches Oceanic Viking anchored near Bengkil Island
    Australian Customs official asks Sri Lankan refugees to move inside ...
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  • Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Bogollagama listens to reporters' questions during a news conference regarding Sri Lanka's former army commander Fonseka, in Colombo,
    Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Bogollagama listens to reporters' ...
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  • Australian Customs official keeps watch over Sri Lankan refugees inside ship as boat carrying media approaches Oceanic Viking anchored near Bengkil Island
    Australian Customs official keeps watch over Sri Lankan refugees ...
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  • Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Bogollagama speaks to reporters during a news conference regarding Sri Lanka's former army commander Fonseka, in Colombo
    Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Bogollagama speaks to reporters during a ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugee receives lunch from Australian customs officers on deck of Oceanic Viking, anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugee receives lunch from Australian customs officers on ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel Oceanic Viking, anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel Oceanic Viking, which is anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel ...
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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
    Asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, part of the group of 260 who were ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugees are seen onboard the Australian coast guard vessel Oceanic Viking, which is anchored near Bengkil Island
    Sri Lankan refugees are seen onboard the Australian coast guard vessel ...
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  • Australian customs official keeps watch as Sri Lankan refugees look out from Oceanic Viking anchored near Tamborah Laut
    Australian customs official keeps watch as Sri Lankan refugees look ...
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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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  • Sri Lankan refugee drops a note into water from Oceanic Viking anchored near Tamborah Laut
    Sri Lankan refugee drops a note into water from Oceanic Viking ...
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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 ...
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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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  • Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa is being welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala in Kathmandu
    Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa is being welcomed by Deputy Prime ...
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  • Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, with his wife, talks to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala in Kathmandu
    Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, with his wife, talks to Deputy Prime ...
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  • Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel Oceanic Viking anchored near Tamborah Laut
    Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by the Indonesian Navy, shout from their boat in Cilegon harbour
    Two men, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained ...
    Source: Reuters
  • 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
    A boy, part of the 260 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were detained by ...
    Source: Reuters
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing gold
    Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing gold
    Source: AFP
Sri Lankan refugees look out from the Australian coast guard vessel, ...
During the last few weeks the hot topic in Australia was about bogus Tamil asylum seekers. The boat carrying 255 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers which was turned around en route to Australia has now gone ashore in Indonesia.
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