Uncertainty forces Sri Lankan Tamils into troubled waters again

Last month, after a long gap, about five dozen Sri Lankan Tamils were apprehended for clandestinely entering Tamil Nadu by taking a boat ride across Palk Bay. While one group of 23 people was arrested in Madurai, the other group which moved from Tuticorin to Karnataka was held at Mangaluru. Their plan was to leave India once overseas air transport normalised and reach Canada. At least that’s what they were promised by the cross-border network of middlemen, who had received upto Rs 6 lakh per person for smuggling them out of the island nation.