Security beefed up at Immigration Detention Camp in Mirihana

A senior Immigration official told the Daily Mirror presently 107 foreigners including ten females are being detained at the centre in Mirihana and their condition was found to be negative of Covid-19 as of yesterday.

This detention centre is located within the Mirihana Divisional Headquarters Police Station and apart from the usual guard on the premises, the security has been beefed up with the assistance of the Civil Defence Force personnel.

The official said an emergency medical camp was held in the centre recently when a Nigerian male illegal immigrant was detected with fever like symptoms and respiratory issues.

Specialists from the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila conducted the medical camp with the premises and checked all detainees with PCR tests to find they were negative of Covid-19.

However, the sick Nigerian was found to be suffering from Tuberculosis and had been given proper treatment.