Australia sends Sri Lankan boatpeople home
A plane chartered by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has left the Australian territory in the early hours of this morning with about 20 people - some of them guards and interpreters - onboard, the Australian reported.
Sri Lankan nationals were led up the steps of the plane with a guard on each side, according to the report.
The return of Sri Lankans from Christmas Island to Colombo overnight on a government charter jet has fueled speculation that Austral