Australia 'told refugees to find own way back to India'

Refugees were told they would be put in lifeboats with a map of India and Sri Lanka

A woman protests Australian immigration policy
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A group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, including 50 children, were transferred to a detention centre in Nauru yesterday by the Australian government, after being told that they would have to navigate their own way home.

The asylum seekers were intercepted in the Indian Ocean in June, apparently having set sail for Australia from India, and held at sea for a month by Australian officials.

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