INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka Navy personnel have apprehended a local multi-day fishing trawler with 38 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration
attempt to a foreign country via sea, during a search operation carried out in southeastern seas of the island.In the search operation
mounted in seas off Okanda, Ampara in the afternoon of 11th June, the Navy intercepted a suspicious local multi-day fishing trawler carrying
males including 06 persons involved in this racket, 05 females and 07 children
multi-day trawler had a mechanical failure in its engine and the vessel was unsuitable for long voyages, the Sri Lank Navy said.The suspects
held in this operation are residents of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Valachchenai, Chilaw, Kalpitiya, Udappuwa, Ja-Ela and Negombo areas, aged 02 to 60
They were handed over to the Panama Police for onward legal proceedings.Sri Lanka Navy urges the public to avoid being convicted before the
law by being caught in the trap of smugglers who persuade the innocent to engage in illegal and perilous sea voyages to migrate from the
Accordingly, the Australian government repatriated groups of 12 and 15 Sri Lankans on 24th May and 09th June respectively, after having
foiled their illegal migration attempts to Australia by boat
attempting to migrate by these vessels could pose a high risk to their lives.
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://adaderana.lk
