{"id":51454,"date":"2017-02-15T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=51454"},"modified":"2017-02-15T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:56:17","slug":"sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-detained-in-australia-who-return-home-wont-be-prosecuted-assures-prime-minister-wickremesinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=51454","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Detained in Australia  Who Return Home Wont be Prosecuted Assures Prime Minister Wickremesinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged compatriots who are being held in Australian-run immigration detention centres to come home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed the Sri Lankans had broken the law in trying to flee to Australia but insisted they would not face prosecution if they returned. \u201cCome back. All is forgiven,\u201d Wickremesinghe said as he stood beside Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about those who might prefer to remain in the camps than return in fear for their safety, he insisted they were mistaken, pointing to a newly-established missing persons\u2019 office in his country.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them have left from places where conflict didn\u2019t even take place,\u201d Wickremesinghe said. \u201cAll of them are not even Tamils and even we want all the Tamils to come back. We should not make a mess of ourselves like they\u2019ve gone and done in Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey left Sri Lanka illegally. They are welcome to return to Sri Lanka and we won\u2019t prosecute them, so they can come back to Sri Lanka, and we will have them, but remember, they broke the law in coming to Australia, attempting to come to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by reporters whether it was safe for asylum seekers to return, Wickremesinghe said: \u201cWe just started a missing persons\u2019 office. It is quite safe for them to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia and Sri Lanka shared a number of bonds through their history, Wickremesinghe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSri Lanka and Australia have shared a common past. There are many values we inherited from the British empire to which we added our own values, and Australia today is one of the leading members of the Asia-Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily FT<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton51454\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D51454&amp;text=Sri%20Lankan%20Asylum%20Seekers%20Detained%20in%20Australia%20%20Who%20Return%20Home%20Wont%20be%20Prosecuted%20Assures%20Prime%20Minister...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged compatriots who are being held in Australian-run immigration detention centres to come home. Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed the Sri Lankans had broken the law in trying to flee to Australia but insisted they would not face prosecution if they returned. \u201cCome back. 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