45 asylum seekers nabbed

By Sunil

13 March 2013 03:48 am - 5 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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A group of 45 asylum seekers were arrested by the Marawila police at Marawila this morning when attempting to sail to Australia on a multiday fishing trawler.

Police said that the arrested suspects were from Jaffna and Negombo.(JS and HP)

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Neptune Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:26 AM

As a further deterrent to people smuggling, the vessels should be confiscated and destroyed.

saman Wednesday, 13 March 2013 04:53 AM

I disagree. We should encourage them to go to Tamil Nadu where their relatives are. We should send an invitation to madam Jaya to come to the dock and roll out the red carpet for them. Tamil Nadu is just few Kilometres away from Jaffna!

Fair N Square Wednesday, 13 March 2013 05:01 AM

does it mean ALL flights that carry stowaways also need to be destroyed?

lal Wednesday, 13 March 2013 07:52 AM

How will you encourage people in Sri Lanka to migrate to Tamil Nadu? For thousand years people from Tamil Nadu have been coming to Sri Lanka risking life and limb to get away from that horrid, dirty hell hole.

Neptune Wednesday, 13 March 2013 09:01 AM

Stowaways are carried without the knowledge of the carrier! Hence the term 'stowaways'!!

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