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Fifty-four asylum seekers, including 13 children, attempting to flee on board a trawler, were detained by the Sri Lankan navy yesterday, off the coast of Mullaitivu.
Thirteen children, 11 women and 30 men have been arrested, and handed over CID officers at Trincomalee harbour, reported the government's news portal.
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The navy's patrol craft said it intercepted the trawler, reportedly bound for Australia, 20 nautical miles east of Mullaitivu.
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