Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 asylum seekers from Somalia back to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday...Sent home. To Mogadishu! And that's after they've tried to find asylum in Yemen and been turned away from there, too.
UNHCR said Djibouti authorities forced the 40 asylum seekers on to a plane which flew them back to the Somali capital on Tuesday.
I understand the politics of refugees. Honestly, I do. But forcibly sending people to Mogadishu?!
Sadly, the government of Djibouti is not alone in wanting to return refugees to war zones. Some politicians in Australia, for example, say that Sri Lankan asylum seekers should be forcibly returned to Colombo.
Barnaby Joyce, you're in good company.
