Asylum seekers' first thought: Thank-you letter

By Jason Koutsoukis
Updated July 12 2014 - 3:08pm, first published 12:57am
"They were shouting at us": Asylum seekers tell of abuse and mockery by processing staff.
"They were shouting at us": Asylum seekers tell of abuse and mockery by processing staff.
The letter the asylum seekers signed.
The letter the asylum seekers signed.
The asylum seekers.
The asylum seekers.

Colombo: The 41 asylum seekers aboard the Sithumina fishing vessel who were picked up by Australian navy and returned to Sri Lanka on Monday were so grateful at first for their treatment that all of them signed a handwritten letter of thanks.

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