Sentence examples for sri from inspiring English sources

The asylum seekers say they are Sri Lankan but left from India about a month ago, however Sri Lanka has indicated it will not take them back, and Abbott has said he has no plans to send them there.

The government has acknowledged that another boat, carrying 41 asylum seekers, was handed over to the Sri Lankan navy during an on-water transfer off the coast of Sri Lanka.

In response Gleeson gave an undertaking to the court not to engage in "any actions involving the surrender or delivery to custody of the Sri Lankan military or its delegates" without 72 hours' written notice.

"We welcome the high court of Australia's issuance of an interim injunction against the return of 153 other Sri Lankan asylum seekers, reportedly including 37 children, intercepted by Australian authorities," she said.

"One Sinhalese Sri Lankan woman was recommended for refugee status, but we're told she voluntarily requested to depart [for Sri Lanka] with the others as she didn't want to be left alone.

Researchers working for human rights organisations during this period were so concerned by indications that the Sri Lankan government might be seeking to enlist Fox's support to ease restrictions on arms imports from the UK to the island nation, they raised their worries with the Foreign Office in London.

"What the government's decision today means is that a group of vulnerable men, women and children will not be sent back to their persecutors in Sri Lanka and I want to take a moment to thank the minister and the prime minister for showing some compassion to these people," said George Newhouse, a lawyer who brought the case.

The government of Sri Lanka decided to accept this "gesture of goodwill" and to not "pursue this distasteful issue any further", while carefully ignoring additional inclusions in the statement that "numerous cases of rape and sexual violence in Sri Lanka, particularly acts committed against women held in detention by the government", have been detailed in the past.

At the hearing, the government agreed not to send the asylum seekers to Sri Lanka without three days' notice.

Join me in an hour or two for the men's final: Sri Lanka v India.

"I'd go for Sri Lanka to win the tournament, especially with our mate Farby in charge," Gillespie told the Guardian.