The Guardian | Asylum seekers deported from Cocos Islands arrested by Sri Lankan police The Guardian A file picture of an asylum seeker boat near Christmas Island. The group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers deported from Australia's Cocos Islands have been arrested and taken into police custody in Colombo. Photograph: Scott Fisher/EPA. Ben Doherty. Labor wants answers after asylum seekers flown back to Sri Lanka from Cocos Islands Asylum seekers who reached Cocos Islands sent back to Sri Lanka Asylum-seekers secretly flown back to Sri Lanka |