Death of Sri Lankan woman at immigration facility in Japan

People line up at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on May 29, 2021, to attend a gathering held in memory of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who died in March while being held at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in central Japan.

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