Seventy-three refugees who fled Sri Lanka during the armed conflict and sought asylum in India left on Thursday to return home, reports The Hindu.
Together with the assistance of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the refugees intend on returning to their homes in the North-East.
Many of those were young children when they fled and grew up in refugee camps across Tamil Nadu, where according to the paper, 1.02 lakh refugees remain.
“We assist Sri Lankan refugees, who voluntarily decide to return to their home country. We help them in their documentation and facilitate and financially support their travel. On their arrival, UNHCR Sri Lanka provides some support to assist them in settling down,” UNHCR India's spokesperson Shuchita Mehta was quoted by the paper as saying.
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Together with the assistance of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the refugees intend on returning to their homes in the North-East.
Many of those were young children when they fled and grew up in refugee camps across Tamil Nadu, where according to the paper, 1.02 lakh refugees remain.
“We assist Sri Lankan refugees, who voluntarily decide to return to their home country. We help them in their documentation and facilitate and financially support their travel. On their arrival, UNHCR Sri Lanka provides some support to assist them in settling down,” UNHCR India's spokesperson Shuchita Mehta was quoted by the paper as saying.
See here for more.