Sri Lankan refugee remanded on return to Jaffna

Sri Lankan refugee remanded on return to Jaffna

Sri Lankan Tamil refugee detained upon return from India, sparking concerns over refugee policy and treatment by authorities.

Sri Lankan refugee remanded on return to Jaffna • Sri Lanka Brief

Image: Sri Lankan refugees in India Nearly 58,000 Sri Lankans, who fled the raging civil war and its aftermath, live across refugee camps in Tamil Nadu (Meera Srinivasan / The Hindu) A 75-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who returned from India after decades of displacement during the civil war, was on Thursday (May 29, 2025) detained by Sri Lankan authorities at the Palaly airport in the northern Jaffna district, on charges of having left the…