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Rejected asylum seekers abused in Sri Lanka, says rights group
May 2, 2012

Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will head to Sri Lanka today for a three-day visit, to strengthen cooperation among the two nations on the issue of people smuggling.

But Human Rights Watch is calling on the Minister to question the Sri Lankan government over its treatment of rejected asylum seekers during his trip as well.

Phil Lynch, the executive director of the Human Rights Law Centre, says asylum seekers who return to Sri Lanka are subjected to arbitrary detention, torture and other serious human rights abuses.

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