A woman hugging her dead baby arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport today along with a group of refugees returning from India.

The dead child was two months old and had been born prematurely in a refugee camp in India. The mother is a resident of Vavuniya.

A total 22 refugees, including 9 women 7 men and 6 children, were flown in on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Trichi in Tamil Nadu, India. The refugees are residents of Vavuniya, Batticaloa and Jaffna.

The mother was admitted to the Negombo Hospital for a medical check-up. (Deepa Adikari)

Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)