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Mangalore: Human trafficking - Sri Lankan refugees rescued?

  •   Fri, Apr 26 2013 12:42:34 AM

Mangalore: Human trafficking - Sri Lankan refugees rescued?

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Apr 26: The police on Thursday April 25 reportedly busted a human trafficking racket in the city. Several persons were rescued and a few taken into custody, sources said.

It is said that Sri Lankan refugees who were in Tamil Nadu were promised jobs in Australia, and for this purpose they were brought to Mangalore, and from here arrangements were being made to send them off to Australia by sea.

A few of the persons who were brought to the city were spotted wandering around in various places in the district, which aroused police suspicion and subsequently led to their arrest, it is said.

Police have declined from revealing further details in the matter.

It may be recalled that on September 8, 2012, a similar racket was busted in the city wherein 84 Sri Lankan refugees were rescued at New Mangalore Port and 14 persons had been arrested. In that case too, the refugees had been brought to the city with promises of being sent to a foreign country for employment. The IGP had termed it as the major case of human trafficking in the state of Karnataka. Unconfirmed sources said that the same gang might be involved this time too.

More details awaited.

 

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  • kumar, mangalore

    Fri, Apr 26 2013

    These individuals are willing paricipants in the routine human trafficking business from Sri Lanka ,mostly Tamils ,running away from poverty or seeking a better life in richer countries ,recently many of them landed in the shores of Canada ,and Australia in small ships .

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  • Ramakrishna. A., MANGALORE

    Fri, Apr 26 2013

    Whether the use of words like 'Saved or Rescued' is correct ?
    Because they were unemployed youths from Sri Lanka refugees camps based in Tamil Nadu and just used as political Pawns by Jayalalita & Karunanidhi parties without getting them true livelihood.
    When Indian govt cannot get them jobs or arrange for their repatriation to Sri Lanka they have no alternative but to seek jobs in some other countries. But even though there is acute shortage of manual labours in Australia still unskilled labours do not get visa to Australia. So they had to sneak into other countries in a clandestine way to earn their livelihood instead of rotting in India in refugee camps without any future.

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