Over 40 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees go back home from TN

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : May 13 2015 | 8:42 PM IST
Over 40 refugees today left for Sri Lanka from here and Tiruchirappali under the aegis of UN Refugee Agency, authorities said.
Housed in camps spread across Tamil Nadu including Gumidipoondi near here, 25 of them boarded a flight from here and the rest from Tiruchirappalli.
The exact number of refugees who left for Sri Lanka from the central Tamil Nadu town of Tiruchirappalli could not be confirmed immediately though it was reported to be over 15.
Airport authorities here said the voluntary repatriation was facilitated by the United Nations' Refugee Agency.
Over one lakh Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka live in Tamil Nadu. Out of them about 65,000 live in 107 camps spread across the state.

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First Published: May 13 2015 | 8:42 PM IST

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