A 75-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil was arrested by the country’s immigration authorities when he returned to Jaffna from a refugee camp in India, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) said.
The man was returning from a refugee camp in India after obtaining all necessary clearance from all relevant agencies and was certified as a refugee by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, ITAK general secretary MA Sumanthiran said.
“He was produced before the magistrates court in the Northern Province by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and remanded till June 5,” Sumanthiran said.
According to officials, there were over 58,000 Sri Lankan refugees in over 100 camps in India in 2022.
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