29-07-2022, 08:18 AM
However, he is expected to return home, according to one cabinet minister.
His apparent decision to return to Sri Lanka could be in part because he has few other options for travel. Human rights groups and lawyers said they had been pressuring countries behind the scenes not to accept him and, according to reports, the US embassy declined to give him a visa. The US was seen to be Rajapaksa’s favoured final destination as his son and grandchild live there and he is a former citizen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...st-leaders
His apparent decision to return to Sri Lanka could be in part because he has few other options for travel. Human rights groups and lawyers said they had been pressuring countries behind the scenes not to accept him and, according to reports, the US embassy declined to give him a visa. The US was seen to be Rajapaksa’s favoured final destination as his son and grandchild live there and he is a former citizen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...st-leaders