Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- A group of asylum seekers including Sri Lankan nationals on an isolated British island territory have told UN investigators they feel unsafe and forgotten, as they reported sexual assaults and harassment of children, as well as self-harm and suicide attempts.

Inspectors from the UN's refugee agency visited Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, to check on their welfare.

A draft report says that conditions there amounted to arbitrary detention.

The Foreign Office said the island was not suitable for migrants to live on.

Other than the migrant camp, the island is used as a UK-US military base. Thousands of troops are stationed there, usually on a one-year deployment, along with a smaller number of military contractors...