Asylum seekers not Lankan

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Initial inquiries by the Sri Lankan High Commission in Australia have revealed that there were no Sri Lankans among the 50 asylum seekers believed to have drowned yesterday after their boat ran onto rocks on reaching Christmas Island, Australia.

External Affairs Ministry sources said that the asylum seekers were said to be of Middle Eastern origin but the Lankan High Commission would continue inquiries into the matter.

The wooden fishing vessel, carrying the victims, appeared to have lost power and drifted for 45 minutes before smashing against cliffs in the three-metre swell.

More than 2,000 asylum seekers are in the Christmas Island immigration detention centre and 3,000 more are held on the Australian mainland. (Dianne Silva)

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sherlock holmes Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:58 AM

wow ! thats a major amount of people being transported in a boat, is it another TITANIC ?

Cobra Wednesday, 15 December 2010 11:20 AM

A breath of fresh air at last!

channa Wednesday, 15 December 2010 03:02 PM

Think twice before you go for asylum....

KD Wednesday, 15 December 2010 07:00 PM

Still human lives lost there, doesn't matter ex-Sri lankan or ex-Iranian.

pasel Wednesday, 15 December 2010 08:46 PM

They are humans runs for their live

YURI Thursday, 16 December 2010 06:28 PM

Sri Lankan in Asylum in own, its Run by Indian, China and other foreign country.

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