Sri Lanka preparing a mechanism for border protection and prevention of human smuggling
Sri Lanka is currently drafting legislation and preparing a mechanism to prevent illegal immigration and promote the border security, Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayake said Tuesday (Nov 14).
Addressing a workshop on preventing illegal human smuggling at Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo, the Minister said to solve this huge problem Sri Lanka will apply strong laws very soon.
The Minister said in the absence of adequate legislation to address the issue, human smugglers can continue to operate, with little or no fear of being apprehended.
The Minister said that various connections between immigration officials and smugglers in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India lead to dysfunctional immigration screening, allowing migrants to travel without any obstacle despite...