'I'm dying every day out of fear in Australia' - a Tamil asylum-seeker

A Sri Lankan asylum-seeker waiting for imminent deportation from Australia shares his plight with SBS Tamil.

Source: SBS Tamil

Under Operation Sovereign Borders, refugee boats were being pushed back into Indonesian waters against Indonesia's express wishes. Source: AAP

Sri Lankan Navy stand guard where fishermen captured two suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on an apparent suicide mission in Pamunuwa, June 17, 2006. Source: AAP

A civilian at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, June 2006; the country suffered nearly two decades of civil war and the Asian tsunami. Source: AAP

Priya and Nades Murugappan, and their two Australian-born children have been detained on Christmas Island since August last year. Source: AAP