British HC denies claims of deportee abuse
Posted on June 21st, 2012
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
In spite of the UK-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and several international human rights groups constantly alleging systematic abuse of those who had been deported from the UK, the British High Commission yesterday said it was not aware of a single case of deportee abuse since the conclusion of the conflict in May 2009.
The British High Commission had not received any substantiated allegations of mistreatment on return of those removed from the UK, a spokesperson for the HC said. She was responding to a query by The Island whether the UK mission had received complaints against the government, the military or the police.
Asked for the number of persons sent back during the past three years, the HC official said that since January 2009 to March, 2012, 970 individuals had been deported. The deported included both enforced and voluntarilyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ removals, the official said. There were 207 deportations in 2009, 242 in 2010, 413 in 2011 and 108 in the first quarter of this year.
The GTF and the British Tamil Forum (BTF) campaigned against continuing deportations during President Mahinda RajapaksaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s recent visit to London to attend the QueenƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
British lawmaker, Lord Naseby, during a recent visit to Colombo, told The Island that some human rights organizations had been engaged in anti-Sri Lanka campaign at the behest of Tamil Diaspora.
June 21st, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Send them to Christman Island in Australia.
Help them achieve Elam midway through the journey!!
Britain happy.
Australia happy.
SL ECSTATIC.
Only Tamil Madu will be sad.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:45 am
This is great! They are finally seeing through the ‘innocent refugee’ disguise of these terrorists. If British politicians wish to have these people for votes and money, they are welcome to keep them in the UK. Sri Lanka would be better off.