Asylum claims:

Lankan surgeon welcomes Aussie Govt's decision

A Tamil veterinary surgeon practising in Melbourne has supported the Australian Government's decision to freeze the processing of asylum claims from Sri Lankans saying the situation in Sri Lanka has improved greatly.

Dr Noel Nadesan said he did not believe any Sri Lankan refugees could hold legitimate fears for their life.

Rather than providing asylum, he would like to see the Australian Government doing more to aid and repatriate former refugees.

Dr Nadesan also offered an insight into Australia's Tamil community, saying that LTTE representatives who were sent to the negotiating table during the war, many of whom were living in Australia, were "imbeciles."

In March last year, in an article titled "Let my people go in peace." Dr Nadesan wrote: "We have looked the other way when our entire leadership was liquidated, not by the Sri Lankan Government but by our own people."

Dr Nadesan said Julia Gillard's decision to try to shift asylum-seekers to East Timor, or Manus, or some other offshore destination, did not appear different to John Howard's Pacific Solution.

"It doesn't fit into the principle of giving protection.

It is a political decision to process people away from the mainland," he said.