RAMESWARAM: The family arrived from Mannar in Sri Lanka in a boat and got dropped off at Arichalmunai near Dhanushkodi in the wee hours of Friday, officials said.

The marine police picked them up for an initial enquiry and they would be later lodged at the Mandapam refugee camp. The Tamil family contended that it was becoming very difficult to sustain in Sri Lanka in the wake of the severe economic crisis that has gripped the island nation, where prices of essentials have shot up exorbitantly. One of them was earlier living in the Krishnagiri refugee camp and had returned to their country post the end of hostilities.