{"id":73460,"date":"2013-02-13T01:22:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T01:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=73460"},"modified":"2013-02-19T00:36:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T00:36:26","slug":"sri-lankans-expelled-from-uk-allege-torture-after-deportation-to-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankans-expelled-from-uk-allege-torture-after-deportation-to-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankans Expelled From UK Allege Torture After Deportation To Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Freedom from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Torture&amp;x=4&amp;y=2\">Torture<\/a><\/span> finds 15 failed asylum seekers later won <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=refugee&amp;x=13&amp;y=6\">refugee<\/a><\/span> status but Tory minister says torture claims are unproven, the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen Sri Lankan nationals have claimed they were tortured and subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment after they were forcibly removed to the country by the UK Border Agency, the Home Office has said, the newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Guardian, in a freedom of information (FoI) request, the Home Office revealed that between the end of the island&#8217;s civil war in 2009 and September 2012, 15 failed asylum seekers managed to escape back to Britain after being removed by the agency, the UKBA. 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