More Sri Lankan asylum seekers have agreed to return home rather than have their claims assessed in Australia.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship says the eight men – including five who were in detention on Nauru – left Australia late on Friday.
‘The men chose to return home voluntarily,’ a departmental spokesman said.
‘Regular transfers to Nauru and more Sri Lankans returning home is further proof that there is no advantage engaging with people smugglers.’
The latest group brings the number of Sri Lankans who have returned home to 332 – both voluntarily and involuntarily – since the Gillard government began its tough offshore processing regime in August.
Another eight Sri Lankans return home
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