3 Sri Lankan households fleeing financial disaster detained in Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi

As many as 10 folks fleeing Sri Lanka owing to the financial disaster reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi illegally, and later they have been detained.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 5, 2022 21:57 IST

10 folks fleeing the financial disaster within the island nation reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi

By Akshaya Nath: Amid the financial disaster in Sri Lanka, there was a extreme scarcity of meals and important commodities within the island nation and this has led to a number of folks illegally coming to India as refugees.

On Saturday, 10 folks fleeing the financial disaster within the island nation reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi illegally. However, they have been later detained by the marine police.

Three households from completely different components of Sri Lanka got here to Dhanushkodi. One of the households even has a three-month-old child with them.

The folks reached Dhanushkodi at round 1 am. On getting details about them, the Rameswaram Marine Police rescued the Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and introduced them to Rameswaram Marine Police Station for investigation. After the investigation, they are going to be handed over to the Mandapam refugee camp.

Since March 22, as many as 198 Sri Lankans have come as refugees to India through Dhanushkodi.

Sri Lanka is going through the worst financial disaster since independence in 1948, which has led to an acute scarcity of important gadgets like meals, drugs, cooking fuel and gas throughout the nation.

The avenue protests had been triggered throughout the nation over the poor dealing with of the financial disaster and the shortage of accountability to it.

(With enter from PTI)

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Nov 5, 2022