INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Sri Lankan Government is currently aiding the repatriation of 85 Sri Lankans who agreed to return to the island following an illegal
migration attempt, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry stated.Speaking in Parliament this morning (28), Sabry revealed that they are to be
to fall victim for human trafficking scams.Responding to a statement made by Vanni District MP Selvam Adaikkalanathan, the foreign minister
suggested that a mechanism should be implemented through which the community is warned of the scams and dangers that lie under the guise of
under refugee status or with invalid passports eventually end up suffering.Earlier this month (Nov
near Vietnam and Singapore.Following the incident, a Sri Lankan aboard the vessel had contacted the Sri Lankan Naval Rescue Operations
Centre, which in turn later informed the Vietnamese Naval Rescue Operations Centre in this regard.The Governments of Singapore and Malaysia
informed.Subsequently, a joint operation was conducted during which the group of Sri Lankans, inclusive of 264 males, 19 females and 20
children, were rescued.While the group were in good health at the time of the rescue, they currently remain detained in several refugee
camps in Vietnam.Minister Sabry further added that two of them have consumed alcoholic sanitisers.
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