Four asylum seekers to be refused visas
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Four Tamil asylum seekers will be refused visas after the ASIO deemed them national security threats.
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Four Tamil asylum seekers said to have been offered a special deal by the federal government after being rescued by the Oceanic Viking will be refused visas after the ASIO deemed them national security threats.
They are among 78 Sri Lankans who the government lobbied to resettle after being involved in a stand-off aboard the Australian customs vessel late last year.
But The Australian reports the quartet, including a woman who travelled to Australia with her two young children, have been given adverse security assessments by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
The paper says the situation presents a problem for the government because it cannot return the four to Sri Lanka without the possibility of exposing them to harm while other countries will also be reluctant to take them.
Returning them would also breach Australia's legal obligations after the UN High Commissioner designated all 78 as refugees.
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