Fears have been raised over the fate of 248 Sri Lankans who went “missing” while heading to New Zealand in 2019.
According to NewsHub, a New Zealand Government log of attempts by asylum seekers to reach New Zealand shows a fishing trawler and its 248 Sri Lankan passengers have never been seen again.
On January 12, 2019, “a 90-foot-long fishing trawler-turned-sailboat left Maliankara near Munambam, India, with 248 Tamil migrants onboard hoping to make it to Australia or NZ. The boat or the passengers have not been heard of since.”
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