Home Office under pressure to resettle stranded child migrants living in island camp

They fled persecution in Sri Lanka, then India, hoping to reach Canada. Instead, 56 Tamil asylum seekers have found themselves stranded on a British Indian Ocean island for almost three years. Pressure is growing on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to give them safe haven in the UK. The British Indian Ocean Territory Commissioner says they are so desperate that 22 were involved in a mass suicide attempt.
The migrants left India on a fishing trawler sailing south, before the boat got into trouble. They were rescued by the Royal Navy, and taken to a small camp on the UK/US military base of Diego Garcia.
Channel 4 News has obtained exclusive pictures of the camp.
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[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

There's no reason they can't be returned to Sri Lanka or India.

[@ajithajay8917]

You seem to be very knowledgeable as you speak, and tell me what reason?

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@ajithajay8917 They weren't expelled; they chose to leave. The war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 & there isn't a war in India. They'd prefer to move to Canada, but don't have that right. There's no reason to move them to the UK.

[@rb1062]

​@@ajithajay8917That burst your balloon, didn't it?? 😅

[@ajithajay8917]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dmThere is no war there but they know the hidden problems, and do you know how badly refugees are treated in India, don't talk about something you don't know.

[@JaxApocalypse]

Depot to Tamilnadu !!!!

[@sathishbabu7302]

They are srilankans Tamils not Indian tamils.

[@JaxApocalypse]

@@sathishbabu7302 Nam Tamiler Seeman brother needs them !! Please take them to Tamilnadu!!

[@ClydeBreeze_994]

They should resettle them back home!!!

[@manseerkhanm4023]

Send to Sri Lanka

[@rb1062]

Why are they the UK's problem? Shouldn't they be settled nearer to their home?

[@amzyblues405]

What part of the British territory? did you not comprehend?

[@rb1062]

@@amzyblues405 So what? They happened to land on a British army base. Should we be forced to take responsibility for everyone who lands here?

[@ItsJustRyan89]

On what metric can you say that the United Kingdom is not full?

[@gedia8568]

Why the UK and USA is even there ......army bases there and yet uk people don't want them to come to the UK lol tell your government to leave

[@ItsJustRyan89]

@@gedia8568 if only governments listened to their citizens. I don’t want the government meddling in any country’s affairs

[@JoshAston23]

Because my living room could probably fit 50 more people in it, if we pack everyone into housing like sardines, in the same way our rail network does.

[@ItsJustRyan89]

@@JoshAston23 ok

[@knockedoutloaded]

If that lawyer is happy to pay for their housing, education and health care then fine but why should our taxes keep going up to pay for the worlds problems

[@gedia8568]

Why the UK and USA is even there ......army bases there and yet uk people don't want them to come to the UK lol tell your government to leave

[@StephenCowley001]

@@gedia8568 Because we pay for navies to keep the international sea lanes open to commerce. The ships have to dock somewhere.

[@gedia8568]

@StephenCowley001 lol so make the base in international sea not in another country's territory 🤣🤣

[@StephenCowley001]

@@gedia8568 Where do you suggest?

[@ssuwandi3240]

Precisely. They're abusing these cases

[@philipc2208]

Send them home. When will our leaders listen!

[@CHTs1990]

Deport

[@mac7040]

How about focusing on our own children and their needs ?

[@MrBoliao98]

The mistake was the UK didn't partition Sri Lanka, the sinhalas have left the place a basket case and a IMF recipient.

[@susanwestern6434]

Will Channel 4 show the new footage from Manchester Airport? The footage showing what happened before the already released one. Very interesting.

[@VoiceSriLanka]

You didn’t see the footage telegraph released ? 😂😂😂 There is more to that incident than what you saw on sun 😂

[@shuddupeyaface]

I think not. They live nice secluded middle-class lives and they don't actually, reallt care.

[@snoopdoge2141]

To the people complaining about whether this is the UK's problem. The way tamils are treated in sri lanka is a direct result of british colonialism.

[@URBeingLiedTo]

No.

[@snoopdoge2141]

@@URBeingLiedTo Yes

[@juliechristie277]

Return them home look after the struggling children in poverty you already have not our problem

[@jimihayes2763]

Resettle them back home

[@Bungle-UK]

There’s space at the bottom of the sea.

[@canadianpsychologist]

On January 16, 2018, Cathy Newman ran a very bad interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson wherein she deliberately misquoted him and misstated his views to make him appear sexist and misogynistic. Shame on Cathy Newman; we condemn Cathy with utmost strength and wish her the worst.

[@hourbee5535]

Refugees welcome in Wales!

[@nat-fp1pq]

No they’re not!

[@susanwestern6434]

Refugee English people in Wales.

[@DanAshford-ny6sq]

No we have enough sdrut

[@Britishempire-hv6rb]

COCKROACH'S

[@numanhussain6080]

Great! Create another small boat problem

[@darkstars4695]

All srilankan bots in comments lol,

[@gedia8568]

Why the UK and USA is even there ......army bases there and yet uk people don't want them to come to the UK lol tell your government to leave

[@VoiceSriLanka]

Kawinda is not Tamil Sinhalese who can speak Tamil 😂

[@user-zi8qe6tf9f]

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[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Why do you write this in hundreds of comment sections? We know it's untrue.

[@bigsmoke4568]

I like how this person started out by saying that God is sufficient for her, then proceeds to beg for money from random strangers online 😂

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@bigsmoke4568 She's a ridiculously prolific scammer.

[@danielcraig4974]

Control taken back?!? 😂

[@molkakaminski]

are the tamils also british?

[@susanwestern6434]

No.

[@molkakaminski]

@@susanwestern6434 then they can Foff

[@shuddupeyaface]

The Tamils want an independent state that reflects their culture and values😂 Bring them to Oldham so they can raise the funds to wage war in their battle. Good Lord😢

[@csharpe5787]

This is appalling, bring the here.

[@DannyWaring]

Send them to your house

[@craigcollingwood7603]

Who gives a 💩💩💩 send m bak👍👍