Australia relaxes travel warning for North

The Australian Foreign Affairs Department has relaxed its travel warning for northern Sri Lanka only days after Australia deported an asylum seeker to the country.

Australia's official travel advice had warned people ''do not travel'' to the former LTTE strongholds around Jaffna on the island's North.

''We no longer advice against travel to the Northern province of Sri Lanka.'' The travel advice draws on information including intelligence assessments and is said to be under constant review. A Foreign Affairs spokesman said the new travel advice on the Northern Province was consistent with the level of consular partners.

Sydney Morning Herald