According to the Marine police, 19 Sri Lankan Tamils will be handed over to the Mandapam Refugee Camp after an investigation by security forces. As a result, 20 Sri Lankan Tamils who had come to Dhanushkodi from sri lanka have been detained in the Mandapam refugee camp. As the Ramanathapuram district, Rameswaram Dhanushkodi is close to sri lanka, Sri Lankan Tamils have been staying in refugee camps in tamil Nadu who came to tamil Nadu via Dhanushkodi as refugees during the final stages of the war. Similarly, the Coast Guard had advised officials to intensify surveillance along the international maritime border as Sri Lankan Tamils will come to TN as refugees due to the high rise in food and essential things in Sri Lanka.
In this situation, 10 persons from Trincomalee with two children left Mannar in a boat the night before yesterday and landed at Dhanushkodi Arichalmuna. Hall Marine police have been called to the scene and are investigating.
Sri Lankan Tamils have arrived in tamil Nadu as refugees due to the sharp rise in prices of essential commodities such as rice, pulses, and wheat and rising prices of essential commodities including kerosene, diesel, and petrol. The 19 Sri Lankan Tamils will be handed over to the Mandapam refugee camp after an investigation by security forces, Marine police said.
The man who came with his 3-month pregnant wife said that he has been working as a farm laborer in Sri Lanka. Agriculture has been completely affected due to the unavailability of inputs including seeds and pesticides for cultivation. His wife is 3 months pregnant. He has to watch her very carefully in this situation. So they pawned their wife's gold jewelry and got on the boat with that money and came here. Essentials like rice at Rs 300 per kg, sugar at Rs 200, bread pocket at Rs 200, and a biscuit packet at Rs 300 have gone up several times. There are no jobs, no electricity, no medicines.
In particular, baby milk powder is not even available. They have come to tamilnadu with 1 lakh rupees in a boat to save the lives of children because it is not possible to continue living there with children. He said with tears in his eyes that they have come with full confidence that tamil Nadu will support them who have come as refugees.
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