Eight illegal migrants in Indonesia return home

Four illegal migrants of the 55 Sri Lankan Tamils who were detained in Aceh Province, by the Indonesian authorities under the Indonesian Immigration Act when attempting to migrate illegally have agreed to return.

These illegal migrants fled to Indonesia during the three decade terrorism in the North and East.

They have expressed their willingness to return to their motherland due to the restoration of peace and normality in the country.

Thayalaseela Thuraisingham from Jaffna, Suthagar Sakthivel from Colombo, Velayuthan Ravichandar from Kandy and Thigarajah Stahyarajah from Killinochchi are the four illegal migrants who volunteered to return to Sri Lanka.

Apart from these four, Tamil migrants Satthvill Pradas, Sithravell Santeev, Kumarasingham Suresh and Thiyagarasa Nareen, detained by the Indonesian authorities since 2007 and 2008 have also agreed to return to Sri Lanka.

Arrangements to coordinate the repatriation the eight Sri Lankans have been made by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jakarta.

They are expected to return to the country today.