GENEVA/COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sri Lanka is violating international law by deporting Pakistani asylum seekers by force and without allowing the United Nations to assess their asylum claims, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Colombo says the influx of illegal immigrants in the past year has become a burden on the Indian Ocean island's resources and has potentially compromised state and regional security.
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