Monday, July 30, 2012

Stranded asylum seekers rescued

Twenty eight(28) asylum seekers illegally heading for Australia were rescued while drifting in the deep sea off South-eastern Sri Lanka, Navy said.

The stranded asylum seekers have been rescued from the 11-day drifting ordeal at sea.

Among the rescued are 23 men, four women and a child residing in Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa and Wellawatte.

According to Navy, the group had met with the harrowing experience at deep sea when the multi-day trawler they were travelling had developed an engine failure 300 nautical miles off Valachchenai. The trawler named “Star Brothers 2” had left from Valachchenai on June 13.
 

Source: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22404:stranded-asylum-seekers-rescued&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=547

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