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10$ %akistanis have been deported as of 14th august&ii'! +hese deportations are in breach of custary international law. +he increase in nuber of asylu seekers is due to people falling victi due to coercially driven huan trafficking networks.
10$ %akistanis have been deported as of 14th august&ii'! +hese deportations are in breach of custary international law. +he increase in nuber of asylu seekers is due to people falling victi due to coercially driven huan trafficking networks.
10$ %akistanis have been deported as of 14th august&ii'! +hese deportations are in breach of custary international law. +he increase in nuber of asylu seekers is due to people falling victi due to coercially driven huan trafficking networks.
should be stopped August 22, 2014 A Statement from the civil society in Sri Lanka forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission As Sri Lankan citizens and Sri Lankan civil society organizations, we are appalled by the recent arrests and deportation of asylu seekers fro Sri Lanka! According to the "#, 10$ %akistanis have been deported as of 14th August&i' ! According to the "#()*, this included at least 11 woen and $ children and failies have been separated, including a pregnant woan that had been left behind after the husband was deported&ii'! +hese deportations are in breach of custoary international law which re,uires all countries to abide by the principle of -non.refouleent /no forced returns0 to countries where people face iinent risks! 1t violates article 2 of the )onvention against +orture and 3ther )ruel, 1nhuan or 4egrading +reatent or %unishent, which the Sri Lankan governent has ratified! "#()* has noted that Ahadiyya 5uslis, Shia 5uslis and )hristians in %akistan ay need international protection and re,uire particularly careful e6aination of their asylu clais! +he 5inistry of 76ternal Affairs /57A08s clai that the increase in nuber of asylu seekers is due to people falling victi due to coercially driven huan trafficking networks which abuse liberal visa policy of Sri Lanka&iii' is not substantiated! +he only way to find out who is genuinely fleeing persecution is a coprehensive case by case assessent by the nationally and internationally recognized agency for this, "#()*, and not any Sri Lankan governent agency! All asylu seekers have a right to this due process, under international custoary law and what deportations have done is to deny asylu seekers this opportunity! Although the 57A has claied that asylu seekers have been -encouraged to return9, in practice, they have been forcibly been deported, as confired by "#()*! "#()* has also said that soe of the latest deportees had their passports and asylu.seeker certificates seized last week, told to go to )olobo airport, where they were placed on flights to %akistan against their will! According to "#()*, there are 1:; asylu seekers /$4 %akistanis, ;1 Afghans and 2 1ranians0 detained as of 12th August&iv'! +hey face iinent deportation! +he Lawyers )ollective in Sri Lanka has noted that the laws under which the arrests and detention has happened is not clear, that victis and their failies have not been infored clear and specific reasons for arrests, that no arrest receipts have been provided, that arrestees have not been produced before a copetent court&v'! +hey have also noted that access to lawyers have been denied and that indications are that they are arrested under the %reventive of +erroris Act, as arrestees are being detained at <oosa detention facility run by the +errorist 1nvestigation 4epartent /+140! According to lawyers, if they have been arrested under the 1igration laws, they should have been detained in the 1igration 4etention facility in 5irihana! Soe of us have also heard that soe asylu seekers have been sub=ected to torture, cruel, inhuane and degrading treatent, which would be a violation of article 11 of the Sri Lankan constitution! +he lack of due process also appear to be a violation of article 12 /10 of the Sri Lankan constitution! +hese are rights ade available to all people in Sri Lanka, irrespective of their nationality and iigration status! +o the best of our knowledge, the Sri Lankan governent doesn8t offer asylu seekers and refugees basic needs like housing or food! #either does it offer the peranent resettleent! So these asylu seekers > refugees will only be in Sri Lanka teporarily, for a few onths or years! ?e welcoe the interi order of the )ourt of Appeal on 1:th August that has prohibited deportations of all refugees and asylu seekers registered with "#()* till 2@th August when the case will be taken up! ?e call on "#()* to onitor and report on the ipleentation of the above court order and assist the courts when the case is taken up in any way possible, such as through e6pert input! ?e also call on "#()* to take a ore proactive role in responding to this crisis situation, such as by opening up 24 hour eergency hotlines in Sri Lanka and countries where asylu seekers have been deported, onitoring the situation of those who have been deported, initiating a fast track process to e6pedite the processing of pending asylu clais and appeals and identifying and engaging with potential countries which ay offer fast track resettleent to those recognized as refugees! ?e are alared to hear that after the court order, %olice officers have gone in search of the feale %akistani asylu seeker who had petitioned the Appeal )ourts! %olice had also visited and ,uestioned several )hristian )lergy and eployees at )hurch based institutions who have been supporting asylu seekers! ?e call on the governent to strictly adhere to the interi court order and refrain fro intiidating and harassing the petitioner, asylu seekers and those assisting the! ?e also call on the governent ake a public coitent to halt deportation and arrests of asylu seekers and adopt policies and practices that will offer the the protection and support that they deserve, in line with our spiritual A religious values and doestic and international legal obligations, including custoary law! ?e also deand that the governent ensures right of due process to all those in detention, particularly access to lawyers and "#()* to have their asylu clais processed!
Ainsley Boseph Aeer Caaiz Ananthy Sasitharan, #orthern %rovincial )ouncil 5eber Anberia (aniffa Angelica )handrasekeran <alasingha Skanthakuar <ishop Duara 1llangasinghe <rito Cernando. Caily 3rganisation of the 4isappeared <uddhia %adasiri )! 4e Silva . Creelance ?riter )haila %erera 4aya (erath . 5others and 4aughters of Lanka 4r! Behan %erera . #ational %eace )ouncil 4r! 5alathi de Alwis 4r! 5ario Eoez . 1nternational )entre for 7thnic Studies 4r! #ialka Cernando A 15A4* Asia )oittee 4r! %aikiasothy Saravanautt. )entre for %olicy Alternative 4r! *anil 4! Euneratne . "niversity of )olobo 4r! Setunga 5udalige 4r! Sonali %erera . Associate %rofessor of 7nglish, )ity "niversity of #ew Fork 4r! Gickraabahu Darunaratne 4r! Hulfika 1sail 7il van der %oorten . A Sri Lankan of conscience Caizun Hackariya Carzana (aniffa Eeetha Lakini Cernando Eithan=ali Aarasingha Algaa Eodfrey Fogara=ah . Eeneral Secretary, #ational )hristian 7vangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka /#)7ASL0 (eran Duara . #ational Cisheries Solidarity (ily Ahaed 1an Cerdinands B!)! ?eliauna Bayantha 4hanapala Boe ?illias Bovita Arulanantha . #ational )hristian 7vangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka /#)7ASL0 D!S! *athnavale Drishan *a=apakshe Duaran #adesan Duudini Sauel Lal ?i=enaike . Lawyer8s )ollective 5!A! Suanthiran A Attorney.at.law 5!)!5! 1,bal 5ala Liyanage . Law and Society +rust 5arisa de Silva 5elani 5anel %erera . Bournalist 5ohaed 5ahuruf A 4evelopent )onsultant 5onica Alfred #ichola 7anuel %!%! Sivapagasa .(uan 4evelopent 3rganisation %adini ?eerasooriya %hilip 4issanayake. *ight to Life %rabu 4eepan %riyantha Eaage, Attorney.at.Law %rof! A!5! #avaratne.<andara . "niversity of %eradeniya %rof! Bayantha Seneviratne . "niversity of Delaniya %rof! S! *atna=eevan (! (oole *!5!<! Senanayake *a=a Senanayake *alston ?einan *avindra Dariyawasa *ev! <ro! #icholas Cernando C5S *ev! Cr! 4! *ohan . Bustice, peace and 1ntegrity of )reation . )onference of 5a=or *eligious Superiors *ev! Cr! 7anuel Sebaalei *ev! Cr! Beyabalan )roos *ev! Cr! #andana 5anatunga . (uan *ights 3ffice *ev! Cr! *eid Shelton Cernando *ev! Cr! Sherad Bayawardane *ev! Bason B! Selvara=a . Senior %astor . Assebly of Eod, )havakachcheri *ev! Sr! 5! Lazurus *ohini ?eerasinghe ADantha Shakthi *osanna Claer.)aldera A 7,ual Eround *uki Cernando Sapath Saarakoon Saro=a Sivachandran A ?oen8s )entre for 4evelopent /Baffna0 Shreen Saroor Siritunga Bayasuriya . "nited Socialist %arty Srinath %erera . Attorney at Law, Eeneral Secretary, Cree +rade "nion )entre Sudarshana Eunawardhena . *ights #ow )ollective for 4eocracy Sunanda 4eshapriya . Bournalist +hiyagara=a ?aradas +hyagi *uwanpathirana "daya Dalupathirana . 1#C3*5 (uan *ights 4ocuentation )entre G!G! Eaneshananthan Gisaka 4haradasa . ?oen Affected by ?ar &i' httpI>>www!ohchr!org>7#>#ews7vents>%ages>4isplay#ews!asp6J #ews14K14@42LLang14K7 &ii' httpI>>www!unhcr!org>:2e@ff@:@!htl &iii' httpI>>www!ea!gov!lk>inde6!php>en>edia>edia.releases>:04;.response.to. in,uiries.on.asylu.seekers &iv' httpI>>www!unhcr!org>:2e@ff@:@!htl &v' Letter fro Lawyers )ollective to the #ational (uan *ights )oission of Sri Lanka on 12th August 2014!