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Detention centre like a prison, say Tamils

April 21, 2010 – ABC News
Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were removed from an Indonesian port earlier this week say they are now being kept in cramped conditions in a detention centre which is like a prison.

About 150 Tamil boat people were put on buses on Monday and transported from the Port of Merak to Jakarta’s main airport.

They were then flown to the Indonesian city of Tanjung Pinang where they are now in a detention centre.

Two of the asylum seekers, who do not want to be identified, have contacted the ABC.

One likened the detention centre to a prison and says the accommodation is not what was promised by the Indonesian government.

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