There's a 700% increase of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Sri Lanka between the period 2013-2014 the Ministry of External Affairs has announced today.As at 30th June 2014 a total number of 1870 Refugees and Asylum Seekers are there in the country accordng to the ministry.Out of this number 368 are Refugees and 1562 are Asylum Seekers .Among them there are a large number of individual asylum seekers of Pakistani Origin it has been identified.
The large number of People who are illegally migrating to Sri Lanka through illegal human trafficking networks is identified as the main reason behind the increasing number of Asylum Seekers here the Ministry has revealed.
Due to this Illegal migration of asylum seekers to Sri Lanka a serious health issues like spreading of Malaria have cropped up in the country the authorities have said.
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