{"id":69066,"date":"2021-07-15T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=69066"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:29:06","slug":"sick-tamil-refugee-detained-for-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sick-tamil-refugee-detained-for-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick Tamil refugee detained for 11 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Sick Tamil refugee detained for 11 years<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rajan-Navanthirasa-e1626366326875.jpg\" alt=\"Rajan Navanthirasa\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #c61df5;\"><strong>\u00a0Rajan Navanthirasa, 48, has been in Australian immigration detention for 11 years.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/story\/7335036\/sick-tamil-refugee-detained-for-11-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canberratimes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe-truncate\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A Tamil refugee who has been in Australian immigration detention for 11 years is pleading for freedom while being treated for blood cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rajan Navanthirasa, 48, came to Australia by boat in 2009 and, according to his lawyer, has been assessed by the Australian government as in need of protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Human Rights For All director Alison Battisson says the Department of Home Affairs has recommended her client for release into the community but despite that, his detention continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;He is a lovely, gentle man who doesn&#8217;t have a criminal record and has been recognised as having protection obligations owed to him,&#8221; Ms Battisson told AAP.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Mr Navanthirasa was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2018 and began chemotherapy in 2020. He has been housed in Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in Broadmeadows throughout.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Currently, he is at the Northern Hospital in Epping receiving treatment for neutropenia &#8211; a low white blood cell count condition &#8211; putting him at high risk of infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Although the Australian government has a longstanding mandatory detention policy, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has the power to &#8220;take the harsh edge off&#8221;, Ms Battisson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Five years into his detention, her client was invited to apply for a protection visa but his process is still ongoing, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The government could have already given him a residence determination, with conditions, to live in the community, which would be a lot cheaper than detention, she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ms Battisson claims a ministerial intervention has been drafted by the Home Affairs department that Mr Hawke could easily request and act on.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Chemotherapy during the coronavirus pandemic has been hard on Mr Navanthirasa because lockdowns have meant he has had to recover from treatment in an isolation room usually used for punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;No blankets, lights on 24 hours a day. That&#8217;s where he goes to recover from chemotherapy,&#8221; Ms Battisson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mentally, he is so damaged that his memory is destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I think that the government is prepared to let him die in detention even though he&#8217;s been assessed as no risk to the community.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Asked why her client has not been allowed out of detention, Ms Battisson said the government may have concerns about his involvement in the civil war back in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t got an adverse security assessment from ASIO,&#8221; she said, but Australia&#8217;s treatment of Tamil refugees should be understood in the context of the government&#8217;s geopolitical ambitions in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A Home Affairs statement said the department does not comment on individual cases but noted detainees&#8217; immigration status is reviewed on a monthly basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;If it is identified that detention is no longer appropriate to an individual&#8217;s circumstances, or if there are identified vulnerabilities, their case will be referred for assessment against the minister&#8217;s intervention guidelines,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Only cases that meet the ministerial guidelines are referred for the minister&#8217;s consideration.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">One of Australia&#8217;s longer-term detainees, Mr Navanthirasa is now in his twelfth year of detention and is affectionately known as &#8220;uncle&#8221; to many inside the detention network.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Tamil Refugee Council was holding a vigil for him on Sunday outside the Northern Hospital and is calling on the government to grant him a permanent protection visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"article-titan-ad-pos2\" class=\"sticky-wrap aside-size centralized\">\n<div class=\"advertisement  conditional adWrapper ad\">\n<div id=\"adspot-300x250-pos2\" class=\"advertisement__300x250\" data-hide-platforms=\"mobile tablet\" data-lazy-load=\"yes\" data-google-query-id=\"CIvesaW-5fECFRKeSwUdJUkLOw\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The group says Mr Navanthirasa&#8217;s family in Sri Lanka has been continuously harassed by government authorities asking for him to return and lives under a constant threat of torture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b><i>Australian Associated Press<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sick Tamil refugee detained for 11 years \u00a0Rajan Navanthirasa, 48, has been in Australian immigration detention for 11 years. 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