Hamshika, 22, told that she broke apart a pencil sharpener and swallowed the blade on 1 March. She said she did it because days earlier she had been told by a UK government official that she would be sent back to Sri Lanka.
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13 suicide attempts among the 68 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia island in the span of a month.
Many say they are being kept prison-like conditions by UK authorities.
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On recent developments on Diego Garcia, the British-held island in the Indian Ocean where 5 asylum seekers attempted suicide in March out of fear that the UK would send them back to Sri Lanka, where they say they have been persecuted and tortured. buff.ly/40K5KB9Show this thread
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Two Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were transferred to Rwanda earlier this month after attempting suicide on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia were approved by UK authorities on Thursday to receive asylum in a third country.
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Two Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were transferred to Rwanda this month after attempting suicide were approved by the UK authorities to receive asylum in a third country.
“I’m hopeful that this will have a positive impact on other cases in Diego Garcia.”
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Two Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were transferred to Rwanda this month after attempting suicide were approved by the UK authorities to receive asylum in a third country.
“I’m hopeful that this will have a positive impact on other cases in Diego Garcia.”
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EXCLUSIVE: UK sends Tamil asylum seekers to Rwanda after suicide attempts: thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations ()
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Myanmar’s parallel NUG government draws criticism after urging local and international NGOs to “seek prior authorisation” before travelling through and operating in areas under its control. This could contribute to a further hampering of aid access.
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“It’s just kind of meeting fire with fire, and that doesn’t really make any sense in this situation.”
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Persecuted Tamil asylum seekers attempt suicide and instead of being transferred to the UK to claim asylum and receive medical treatment here, they're sent to Rwanda's military hospital.
"It is like... being locked in a prison without knowing the outside world."
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EXCLUSIVE: Five Tamil asylum seekers who attempted suicide on the British-held Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been sent to Rwanda for medical treatment.
#Rwanda #AsylumSeekers
Read our latest investigation: 
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Asylum seekers describe conditions that have made life on Diego Garcia unbearable: “It is like losing our lives, losing our self-respect, and being locked in a prison without knowing the outside world.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Martin Forde, the lawyer tasked with reviewing division and racism in the British Labour Party speaks with the I-Unit.
Forde describes facing pressure from the BBC and says Labour Party has gone silent on him since.
Watch in full: aje.io/forde
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EXCLUSIVE: WHO sex abuse victims say help is too little too late: thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations ()
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The Thai government is being pressed "to investigate the death of a Uyghur asylum seeker who had been in immigration detention for nearly nine years" in abysmal conditions and almost complete isolation.
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“By locking these #Uyghur men up in immigration detention and essentially throwing away the key, #Thailand is blatantly violating its international human rights obligations” says . thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/02/1
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‘Many times, he went unconscious, fell down, and then he asked for the doctor, but they never took him to the doctor.’
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Turkïye-Syria earthquake strikes a region where millions already in crisis: thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/02/0 ()
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Some local staff questioned the value of town hall meetings, claiming that “international staff would overtake discussions and raise issues of personal concern rather than focus on the bigger security challenges in-country.”
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Start your year with The New Humanitarian as we bring together policymakers and civil society leaders to discuss trends driving crises in 2023.
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🇬🇧 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on a remote British territory in the Indian Ocean voice concern after three are sent to Rwanda for medical treatment by the UK. reports.
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As the British government comes under increasing pressure over migration, has an exclusive report on three Sri Lankan asylum seekers on a remote Indian Ocean territory being sent to Rwanda by the UK for medical treatment.
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Britain to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment, but will this lead to deportation? reports.
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Breaking news: A new aid worker sex scandal. This time, it’s at UN-run camp in South Sudan. Have a look at our latest investigation done in partnership with Al Jazeera. shorturl.at/gjtHQ
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A boat carrying Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka set sail from India trying to reach Canada last year. Instead, the group ended up stuck in a legal loophole on a tiny UK island in the Indian Ocean. reports:
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Very concerning article about Tamils trapped on Diego Garcia, Where the Refugee Convention doesn’t apply.
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“Voluntariness would require an understanding that there are options other than prolonged stay and limited movement on Diego Garcia”. reports on the fate of more than 100 asylum seekers stuck on a tiny UK island in the Indian Ocean:
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More than 100 Sri Lankan Tamils are living in “prison-like” conditions on a remote, militarised UK island where an obscure legal loophole prevents them from claiming asylum. My first story for
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A boat carrying Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka set sail from India trying to reach Canada last year. Instead, the group ended up stuck in a legal loophole on a tiny UK island in the Indian Ocean. reports:
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., Anna Lawattanatrakul, , a Cambodian journalist and I did a follow-up story for and . #WhoIsWanchalearm
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He was photographed with an ousted Thai premier and a current Phnom Penh deputy governor. Missing since 2020, Wanchalearm Satsaksit also helped other Thai dissidents flee to Cambodia. But his associates have sought to erase all ties.
Story: vodenglish.news/who-is-wanchal
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He was photographed with an ousted Thai premier and a current Phnom Penh deputy governor. Missing since 2020, Wanchalearm Satsaksit also helped other Thai dissidents flee to Cambodia. But his associates have sought to erase all ties.
Story: vodenglish.news/who-is-wanchal
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An investigation by Prachatai and found that, before going missing in 2020, activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit helped Thai dissents flee to Cambodia. His associates have since gone on to obscure their relationships with him.
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Ironically, as Britain fights to keep the Chagossian refugees out of #Chagos, Tamil refugees are now stuck on Chagos.
See my analysis via
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Who knew, in the middle of the Indian Ocean there's a US-UK military base where the latter is detaining asylum-seekers indefinitely? An important story by
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Incredible reporting on the 89 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees currently on Diego Garcia, #Chagos, since October 2021.
“They are living in a confined compound on the island, where their lives and their children’s futures are in limbo.”
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“Will we ever get out of here?”
Dozens of Tamil asylum-seekers are on hunger strike after 8 months stranded on a secretive military base on a remote UK island territory, demanding to be allowed to claim asylum in a safe country.
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There are dozens of Tamils stuck on the remote military base of Diego Garcia. Some are on hunger strike and lawyers are set to file a judicial review in the UK. ‘I am worried that nine months will turn into nine years’ aje.io/xuwg4s via
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Rest In Peace, Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam.
Before an execution, family members are allowed to buy clothes for the prisoner to wear at a photo shoot. The photos are given to the family shortly before, or after execution.
Navin says this was Nagen’s favourite outfit and photo.
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NEW: Refugees displaced by fighting between Papuan separatists and the Indonesian military have been left without social supports or any sign of the conflict’s end. Read the full story by now at New Naratif:
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Connect this with the latest #IPCC report that (finally) acknowledged the damage #colonialism has caused to Indigenous peoples & locals, that resulted in their unusually high vulnerability to the #climatecrisis & catastrophes today... Jgn kami buat kesilapan yg sama.
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Indonesia’s decision to move its capital to a new city in East Kalimantan excluded local and indigenous communities from the planning process. Now, Nusantara—an internal colonial project in disguise—threatens their land, culture and livelihoods:
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The Indonesian government claims that the new capital city will be inclusive. But will it really be a city for everyone? Opinion article by and I, with today:
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NEW: Indonesia’s decision to move its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara is an internal colonial project in disguise. Read the full story by Fadhilah Fitri Primandari and Sahnaz Melasandy. Illustration by @konijnsate:
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NEW: Indonesia’s decision to move its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara is an internal colonial project in disguise. Read the full story by Fadhilah Fitri Primandari and Sahnaz Melasandy. Illustration by :
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