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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11154443" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Chinese national who sought asylum in Sri Lanka can now continue to  stay in the country after a Colombo Court discharged him in a case filed  against him on charges of over-staying his visa. Having considered a letter sent by the Department of Immigration and  Emigration to the Kompanna Veediya Police, Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka  Jayaratne ordered that the Chinese asylum seeker Pan Jun be discharged. The Magistrate observed that the Department of Immigration and  Emigration had informed the police that the United Nations High  Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had finalised a working agreement on  the issuance of certificates to asylum seekers in collaboration with the  External Affairs Ministry and the Department of Immigration and  Emigration and thereby an asylum seeker could stay in the country even  without a valid visa. Counsel K. Poobalasingham and Shelrine Ahilan who appeared for the  suspect said he had been registered with the UNHCR and submitted an  original copy of the asylum seeker certificate which stated it was valid  till December 31 this year. The Chinese was arrested by the Kompanna Veediya Police when he was found loitering near the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo 2. When produced in Court, he said he was an asylum seeker who was  registered with the UNHCR and produced a UNHCR certificate which stated,  “Pan Jun is registered as an asylum seeker whose claim for refugee  status is being examined by the office of the UNHCR.As an asylum seeker he is a person of concern to the office of the UNHCR  in particular, protected from forcible return to a country where he  claims to face threats to his life or freedom, pending a final decision  on his refugee status.”DM</blockquote>

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