A senior Australian minister will meet Sri Lanka's leaders in Colombo later...
SYDNEY - A senior Australian minister will meet Sri Lanka’s leaders in Colombo later on Tuesday to discuss border control and security matters following reports that the Australian navy had intercepted and returned several boats carrying asylum seekers.
The hardline policy, “Operation Sovereign Borders”, has attracted widespread criticism abroad, but has support within Australia. The UN refugee agency, a fierce critic of the Australia’s strategy, said on Monday it was seeking urgent clarification from Canberra on the return of asylum seekers to Sri Lanka.
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