SRI LANKA BECOMES FREEDOM FROM TORTURE’S TOP COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR REFERRALS
September 5, 2013
Top ten countries of origin
As revealed by our recently published 2012/13 Annual Review, Sri Lanka surged ahead to become the top country of origin for those referred to Freedom from Torture for clinical services in 2012.
Of 1,301 people referred to us for torture rehabilitation and forensic documentation services in 2012, 228 were of Sri Lankan nationality. The vast majority of these were ethnic Tamils and most were referred to us by concerned GPs or solicitors representing them in their asylum claims.
