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Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war

Independent UK

By Shweta Sharma

February 28, 2024

Sri Lanka has told hundreds of thousands of Russians and some Ukrainians staying in the country to escape the war that they must leave in the next two weeks, immigration officers said.

The immigration controller issued a notice to the tourism ministry asking Russian and Ukrainian people staying on extended tourist visas to leave Sri Lanka within two weeks from 23 February.

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