Sri Lankan Court orders to suspend deportation of Pakistani refugees

A Sri Lankan court order the suspension of the deportation of the refugee claimants from Pakistan till the further hearing. Sri Lanakan government had stopped the visa on arrival facility for Pakistan nationals to curb the increasing influx of the asylum seekers from Pakistan.

Pakistani asylum seekers had complained that Sri Lankan government was forcefully deporting the nationals of Pakistan who have filed claims for refugee protection without providing the opportunity to get their claim properly assessed.

Sri Lanakan government had claimed that Pakistani and Afghan nationals were flocking to Sri Lanaka to claim refugee status so that they can start their onward journey to final destination of Australia. Government had said that most of the Pakistani nationals were not asylum seekers but were economic migrants.

Australian government had asked the Sri Lanaka government to take concrete steps to stop the influx of the asylum seekers on board ships to enter Australia for refugee protection.

The court decision will provide relief to the Pakistani asylum seekers temporarily.

Sri Lanka had withdrawn the visa on arrival facility for Pakistan passport holders to deter them to enter Sri Lanka for the purpose of claiming asylum status.

The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) had also called on the Sri Lankan government to stop the deportation earlier this month.

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