Chennai: Six more people, including two children, fled from Sri Lanka and reached near Dhanushkodi in the early hours of Monday.
Sources said that they were intercepted by personnel from the Indian Coast Guard.
After an initial inquiry, the six Sri Lankans were made to board a surveillance boat.
The Marine Police took them to the Mandapam Rehabilitation Centre, where the authorities verified their identity cards.
Four of them were from the same family — Balasugandan, 41, his wife Anuja, 35, and their children Prasanna, 10, and Mena Laxan, 8.
The other two were Lingeswaran, 38, and Prathambigai, 40. All six were from Jaffna district.