Over 300 Sri Lankan refuge seekers currently in Vietnam are pleading with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to not return them to Sri Lanka and instead resettle them in a third country as refugees.
Vietnamese Coast Guard vessels on Tuesday (8) rescued more than 300 suspected illegal migrants from Sri Lanka, including many children, who were at risk, drifting on the high seas between Vietnam and the Philippines when their vessel had broken down.