Sri Lankan Navy Rescues Six Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees Illegally Arriving from Tamil Nadu
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- •Six Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy after illegally crossing from Tamil Nadu by boat.
- •The refugees—three adults and three minors—were identified as Sasikumar (46), Kalaiselvi (41), Rajithan (20), Abhishekeswaran (8), Sliya (12), and Akkineswari (78).
- •All six were from Mullaithivu and Puthukudiyiruppu in Sri Lanka and were staying at the Mandapam refugee camp in Tamil Nadu.
- •The Ramanathapuram police have launched an investigation into those who allegedly helped the refugees travel illegally by boat to Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday rescued six Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who had illegally crossed into the island nation from Tamil Nadu by boat. The incident occurred near the seventh sandbar off the northern coast of Sri Lanka. According to official sources, the six individuals were intercepted during a routine naval patrol and handed over to the Thalaimannar Police Station for further processing.
All six refugees were identified as Sasikumar (46), Kalaiselvi (41), Rajithan (20), Abhishekeswaran (8), Sliya (12), and Akkineswari (78). They hail from the Mullaithivu and Puthukudiyiruppu areas in Sri Lanka. Official records indicate that these individuals had fled to India during the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and were residing at the Mandapam camp in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu. The camp has been providing temporary shelter to over 320 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who arrived in Dhanushkodi over the past three years, under humanitarian assistance extended by the Tamil Nadu government.
