Nervous refugees reject Australian offer
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A letter to the asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking from the Australian government has been thrown overboard. The Tamils have rejected an offer that promised resettlement in Australia within 6 weeks if they would disembark. David Manne, coordinator of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre says the reason for the rejection is most likely because the refugees fear the promise would be broken and they would be left in Indonesia.
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