A total of 170 Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing crisis-hit Sri Lanka have reached Tamil Nadu to seek refuge.
A total of 170 Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing crisis-hit Sri Lanka have reached Tamil Nadu to seek refuge.
12 more Sri Lankan Tamils, including six children, who made a secret journey to Dhanushkodi were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard near Rameswaram on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan nationals belonging to three families were landed on the fourth island of Dhanushkodi police station area in the early hours.
A hovercraft of the Indian Coast Guard rescued three men, three women and six children from the island. After the police investigation, he will be lodged in the Sri Lankan rehabilitation camp at Mandapam.
With this, the total number of Sri Lankan Tamils who have left the island nation after the economic crisis to reach Tamil Nadu has risen to 170, police said. one of them, Anu The elderly Sri Lankan citizen was killed Here.