4 Tamil asylum seekers arrested in India

Jul 1, 2014
Four Tamil asylum seekers were arrested in India on Wednesday, after fleeing their homes in Vavuniya and Jaffna, reports PTI.

The refugees, Shanthi, Malar, Sabesh and Subbiah, said they were "forced to leave the island nation due to scarcity of food and high price of essential commodities there," when questioned by police.

They have been arrested on the ground of arriving in India without proper documents and on an illegal ferry, a senior police official told PTI. They have been detained in a refugee camp at Mandapam.


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