“Like the way every nation takes choices in national levels on the illegal migrants, they ought to act internationally with different nations in regards to this matter”, said President Maithripala Sirisena.

The President was talking at the concluding ceremony of the Second International Migrant Health Counseling Summit hung on Thursday (23) in Colombo.

“Legal migrant is a gift for a nation. However, illegal migrants make health, social, monetary and political issues for a nation. That is the reason the UNO, WHO and numerous different organizations offer need to the issue of illegal migrants. At the yearly UNO summit and each discourses held related the medical problems of refugees and migrants. I for one focused on what to be done to tackle this issue nationally and internationally” he said.

He expressed his certainty about the dedication of all part nations to accomplish the goals of the Colombo Declaration, issued on Thursday(23)