Lankan refugees reach TN shores

Chennai : A group of 10 Sri Lankan refugees landed at MR Chathiram North seashore near Dhanushkodi on Tuesday night, seeking asylum.Sri Lanka has been experiencing economic crisis, which forced many citizens to flee the country. Most of them landed in different parts of the coastal areas of Ramanathapuram district seeking asylum in India, sources said. After inquiring the refugees, S Kanagaraj, Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group, Rameswaram, said all of them had sailed by a same boat from Mannar, Sri Lanka and reached MR Chathiram around 9.30 pm.