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Around 300 Sri Lankans are to be deported from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka on June 16, Tamil Mirror online learns.

Sources in the UK told Tamil Mirror that the UK Border Agency had arranged a special charter flight to deport around 300 persons whose asylum requests had been turned down by the authorities.

Mr. Nishan Paramjorthy, a human rights advocate in the UK told Tamil Mirror online that some of his clients had got notice about their “removal” from the UK Border Agency.   He said most of the persons to be deported were Tamils.

The scheduled time of departure of the special charter flight to Sri Lanka, from the UK, is 5.00 pm on June 16, according to the sources.

Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils migrated to the UK during the war between the security forces and the LTTE; and an estimated 120,000 Sri Lankan Tamils live in the UK. The Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in the UK is the second largest after that of Canada.

(By R. Sethuraman)

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  • sajitha Friday, 10 June 2011 03:30 AM

    So this means Milliband will loose 300 votes?

    Suren SoysasYou have Thursday, 09 June 2011 01:18 PM

    But today all most all are in the soup!

    kanda Thursday, 09 June 2011 01:01 PM

    VERY BAD MOVE , THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY MR AT AIRPORT , REST I DO NOT NEED TO SAY ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM .HOPE UK WILL REVERSE THE DECISTION

    mike Thursday, 09 June 2011 06:14 AM

    the issue is was that 150000 able to do anything of substance like stopping the war? they have achieved absolutly nothing. for them who are doing labor typr jobs these are good outings

    B.R.Fernando Thursday, 09 June 2011 05:37 AM

    Welcome back home.. Forget the past.. Let us built new Sri Lanka Together.. Its time and Its the Time ..............

    Abdul Thursday, 09 June 2011 05:34 AM

    We don't have enough space in welfare camps, send them to Norway

    madawa Thursday, 09 June 2011 05:29 AM

    please keep them in Uk please, when another 10 years down the line we can see feedom fighters in London. cant wait till that day.

    meranchi Thursday, 09 June 2011 02:57 AM

    Maby inner cent people if it is tiger supporter they will not deport diaspora will support them...

    LOL Thursday, 09 June 2011 05:13 AM

    300 is very small compare with 150000 in UK to demonstrations. even if those 300 are in UK, it wont make any difference...

    LOl Thursday, 09 June 2011 05:09 AM

    well said.. people who are making comments welcoming this news or blame who seek asylums are really without common sense. Not a human...

    Konde Bendapuchhena Thursday, 09 June 2011 04:55 AM

    Keep them there ,you need more people to gather for anti Sri Lankan demonstrations

    malkanthi Thursday, 09 June 2011 04:51 AM

    It is sad we don't realise the circumstances under which they fled the country. For the innocent the war was between life and death. If same fate befall on us, wonder what action we would take?

    Nihal Amarasekera Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:31 AM

    Sin! keep them; poor souls; valuable votes.

    Lankan Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:27 AM

    If war criminal can live without shame why not any one else?

    Brenan Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:25 AM

    I'm so glad to hear that. At least we can visit UK without seeing them on every single saiver shops theire..thanks god. and those are fake assylum seekers who was trying to take the advantage of the finished war....good on them...great new..rest of the tamil who jumped up and down when MR VISIT UK, should be deported back too...and lets see how are they gona live here without a shame...

    Chandana Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:13 AM

    We dont need them. Please keep them in UK

    Fayad Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:16 AM

    Very good move, most of them are togas Asylum seekers

    Nava Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:12 AM

    Ten of thousands tamils migrated to UK even before the war. because of riots against tamils.. please don't generalize the facts...

    SL Thursday, 09 June 2011 03:03 AM

    Don't send those scums back here!


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