A group of Sri Lankans on visit and expired residential visas has taken refuge at a park in Dubai, awaiting repatriation, accoring to a report by Dubai based daily Khaleeej Times.

This is the second group of Sri Lankans to have taken refuge at Al Hudaiba Park since September this year. The Sri Lankan diplomatic mission has vowed to move this group of job-seekers to shelters by Tuesday, November 10.

“At least 275 Sri Lankans seeking repatriation and currently living in shelters are expected to leave on a flight from Dubai to Colombo tomorrow (Tuesday). Once this group leaves, we will move the currently stranded group to shelters and work towards their repatriation,” Nalinda Wijerathna, Consul-General of Sri Lanka in Dubai, told Khaleej Times.

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