ASIO tight-lipped on refugees in limbo

ASIO is refusing to explain why it ruled four male refugees, who could be detained in Darwin for the rest of their lives, are a threat to security.
The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support Network says three Tamil Sri Lankans and a Burmese Rohingyan cannot understand why ASIO says the men are a threat to Australia's security.
They have been recognised as refugees by the Immigration Department but could spend the rest of their lives in detention because of the negative assessments.
Darwin Asylum Seeker volunteers who visit the men say they are traumatised because they do not know why they failed the tests, and cannot challenge the ASIO assessments.
ASIO will not comment on the individuals for security reasons.
The spy agency says it is the competent authority to make assessments in relation to Australia's security, and says any questions regarding the detention of asylum seekers are a matter for the Immigration Department.
A spokesman says less than one per cent of the more than 7,000 security assessments of irregular maritime arrivals undertaken by ASIO in the past two years have been given an adverse security assessment.
@'ABC'