[Australia's] Asylum Secrecy on the High Seas Is Designed to Foil the Enemy Within — The Law.

A minister sees no sign of torture in Sri Lanka. In effect, he says he saw many Tamils who are not in prison or being tortured.

Some imprisoned asylum seekers have attempted suicide hoping to improve their children's chances of receiving asylum.

This suggests that those are economic migrants, aiming to get their children into Australia rather than fleeing persecution.