After the war: why Sri Lankan refugees continue to come to Australia

http://theconversation.com/after-the-war-why-sri-lankan-refugees-continue-to-come-to-australia-14638

In the debate about Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia, one question seems to come up again and again.

Why, when the bloody twenty-six-year conflict that caused so many to leave their homes has ended, do more and more Sri Lankan refugees continue to make the dangerous journey to Australia?

As you might imagine the answer is not a simple one and goes both to the history of the conflict and Colombo’s complicated road to peace.