A New Zealand court has ruled that a 16-year-old Sri Lankan girl can be deported back to her homeland where she suffered years of sexual abuse. The girl and her grandmother lost an appeal in the Auckland High Court against the refusal by Associate Immigration Minister Damien O'Connor to allow them to stay. Lawyers for the government assured the court that the girl would not be deported until medically fit. The girl's legal representatives argued that would need a major improvement in her psychiatric condition. The Sri Lankans, whose names have been suppressed, initially sought refugee status after arriving almost two years ago. It later emerged that their real reason for travelling to New Zealand was to escape sexual abuse, which began when she was seven.
| Oh. Well. That's different. Send her back, then... Uhhh... Where's this O'Connor guy live, precisely? |
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