The government will deport more than 600 foreign nationals, claiming that their visas have expired and they have overstayed on the Indian Ocean island. The clerics are part of this group.
Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the clerics had entered the country legally, but amid a security crackdown and the discovery of their expired visas, fines were imposed and they were expelled.
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