New Delhi, March 13 -- Fourteen Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka have been repatriated and are on their way back, the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka said on Friday.

In a post on X, the Indian mission in Colombo said, "14 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka today and are on their way home."

Earlier, Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva told ANI that the issue of Indian fishermen in Sri Lanka is a perennial issue and will not go away soon, because both sides depend on fishing for a living.

"This is a perennial issue, you know it's not going away because I think on both sides of the straits, you know, folks are depending on fish for their living. These are not, you know, big corporates these are small fishermen, and whe...