Around 40 Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seekers who fled to Britain and failed to get refuge there returned to Sri Lanka this morning after the British Government deported them back to Sri Lanka.
These Asylum Seekers were sent to Sri Lanka yesterday evening and the Air Craft carried them landed to Katunayake Air Port in Colombo this morning.They were handed over to the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for clearence after they have been varified as Sri Lankans according to the sources..
An Asylum Seeker who tried to commit suicide after British Government has decided to sent them back to Sri Lanka are also among the group it has been reported.British Government earlier said that they have sent a group of 13 Asylum Seekers to Sri Lanka yesterday.