Tamil Refugees at the Rameshwaram Police Station

This group of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka arrived after a 7 hour ride on the choppy waters of the gulf of Mannar in a fiber glass speed boat. Most of them had no money...everything they owned was sold to pay for the risky journey.

These pictures taken outside the police station show officials of the Tamil Nadu polive "Q" branch recording statements from the refugees before they are taken to the Mandapan transit camp.