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World Service,12 Jun 1985,12 mins

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'Most are young men and they appear to be very scared indeed'. Young Tamil refugees talk about their plight. Marcus Thompson of Oxfam, talks about conditions in Sri Lanka and Leon Brittan defends British policy on refugees from the Commonwealth.

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