150+ Days! S.O.S (254 Tamil Asylum Seekers) Part 2 TV AD

254 Tamil Asylum seekers fled SriLanka to reach Australia by boat in order to seek asylum. They were stopped by Indonesian officials by the request of Australian Government, and taken to Indonesian shores. They are still stranded on a boat in Merak,Indonesia. One individual on the boat has past away due to lack of treatment and medicine. Cause of death is still unknown. The situation is getting critical by the second due to the fast spreading diseases caused by lack of proper food and medical attention. March 10th 2010 marks the 150th day of the plight of the Tamil asylum seekers.

Update On Current Boat Conditions:
- 254 people living on a wooden boat made for 50
- Threatened with deportation
- 1 pregnant woman, now 9 months pregnant ( she is suffering from chicken pox and skin disease
- 31 children deprived of education
- Fast spread of severe illness and skin diseases
- Denial of medical assistance
- Only one unsanitary washroom facility shared by 254 people
- Lack of adequate food and clean water

YOU, have a choice
To Give, THEM a Voice!

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• assylum
• 254
• indonesia
• refugee
• tamil
• tamil asylum seekers
• australia
• boat
• asylum 254
• tamil refugees
• boat in indonesia
• canadian hart

[ratrodralphy]

this needs to be done right .. asylum smuggling needs to be done right .. take there money ,, put them in containers .. tell them there going to Australia .. put containers on a ship.. go out to see .. drop containers into sea.. go back home spend the money ,, and do it again .and again and again .. problem solved and easy money ... i like it .

[willesdon]

plze...come back to tamil nadu!!,,..