Image:Sri lanka- safe for tourists but maybe not Tamils

Public sympathy for the Mugurappan family, detained for three years on Christmas Island, has became an outcry since  the family was split by the younger daughter’s illness. They are reunited in Perth now but the saga continues as they fight the governemnt’s determination to return them to Sri Lanka. More evidence is emerging that life might indeed be dangerous for asylum seekers who are returned

Produced By: Annie Hastwell

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday, 16 June 2021