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Jun 2022
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'You can't stop a desperate person': Sri...

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In the past month, hundreds of people from Sri Lanka have attempted a perilous boat journey to Australia, in a bid to escape the country’s worst economic crisis in over seventy years. According to Colombo-based human rights lawyer, Lakshan Dias, the wave of desperate asylum seekers isn’t going to stop any time soon ... Show More
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