NSW:Two asylum seekers on Villawood rooftop

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2011
NSW:Two asylum seekers on Villawood rooftop

Authorities are attempting to coax down two male asylum seekers .. who've climbed onto
the roof of Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.

The pair clambered up this morning in apparent protest at their applications .. and
subsequent appeals to remain in Australia .. being rejected.

Officials say one is an Iraqi national and one is an Iranian national.





EDS: clarifies the asylum seekers went onto the roof on Wednesday morning.



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