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Dateline: 'Turned back to torture'

Serious claims of abduction and abuse at the hands of Sri Lankan authorities are emerging from asylum seekers returned from Australia.

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Serious claims of abduction and abuse at the hands of Sri Lankan authorities are emerging from asylum seekers returned from Australia.

The allegations will be explored in a special investigation by Dr David Corlett, to be aired on SBS' Dateline program.

Then, in a live cross, the claims will be put to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia.

Dr Corlett, the presenter of SBS' Go Back To Where You Came From series, is speaking to Kristina Kukolja about his undercover report.

(Click on the audio tab above to hear the full report)

 

 


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