Tourism minister Harin Fernando told Daily Mirror that the ministry has been receiving complaints of some Russian tourists running unregistered and illegal businesses in the southern part of the country.

Raids were conducted by the authorities following discussions with the Immigration Department, he said.

It comes amid a furious social media backlash over Russian-run businesses with a “whites only” policy that strictly bars locals. These businesses include bars, restaurants, water sports and vehicle hiring services.

Yeah I'd want to deport that too.

[–] ConfusedPossum@kbin.social 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Imagine the arrogance of leaving your country to avoid military service only to run a clandestine racist tourism business in your host country

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

It takes an extra special kind of asshole, and apparently Russia is #1 in breeding them.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 8 months ago

Does this still count as a blacklash if they were doing it to Sri Lankans?

[+] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org -25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kind of fucked up to send them back. You could rewrite the headline to be Sri Lanka sends hundreds or Russians to fight against Ukraine!

[–] livus@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Internet Demands Poor Nation (GDP per capita of $3,100) Takes Thousands of Refugees.

Again. It's one of life's ironies that the top refugee-hosting nations in the world are mostly the Low Income Countries.

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I know that this isn't how it actually works, but in my opinion, if you didn't want to help the people, then don't let them in in the first place. Once you let them into your country as refugees you're responsible for their safety, like your own citizens. Figure a way out for that relationship to be beneficial to both parties. This just shows that they're short sighted, and didn't actually care about well being of the refugees.

[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Erm, did you miss the part where the Russians were running "whites-only" businesses that turned away the native population? Yeah, you gotta care about the refugees, but they also gotta meet you halfway.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

@vlad76 they did not let them in as refugees.

They let them in on extended tourist visas. Some are now violating the conditions.

If they were actually throwing out people who had applied for asylum as refugees, then it would be right to criticize them but they never agreed to take these people long term.