Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Dept: Thirty-two men and a boy now held at an immigration detention centre near Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, were rescued last Saturday when their dilapidated wooden vessel began sinking while making a perilous journey to Malaysia, according to Montreal Gazette. The survivors were suffering from serious dehydration when they were rescued about 400 kilometres 250 miles off Sri Lanka's east coast. The Sri Lankan navy said they were alerted to the sinking vessel by a fisherman and cOLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Myanmar asylum seekers rescued by Sri Lanka's navy last week say they floated for 25 days at sea and 97 people died of starvation after Thailand's navy intercepted them and forcibly removed their boat's engine. The Thai navy has denied the allegation. All are Rohingya Muslims who face heavy discrimination in Myanmar, and say they do not want to return there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.