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<p>The Government does not believe that returning unsuccessful asylum applicants to
Sri Lanka impacts on the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights ability
to investigate human rights abuses in that country. As with any other nationality,
all asylum and human rights applications from Sri Lankan nationals are carefully considered
on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and against
the background of the latest available country of origin information from a wide range
of well-recognised sources. The Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights
is entitled to speak to any returnees as well as other individuals, if they chose
to do so. Likewise, a decision to co-operate or not should be the choice of the person
concerned. The fact that they may have made an unsuccessful asylum application in
the UK – or anywhere else – does not affect this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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