Sri Lanka arrested 69 asylum seekers on Tuesday, pushing the total number of people arrested by the navy this year to over 1,000.
The latest arrests took place off the town of Negombo, with those on board being handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Out of the 69 arrested on the fishing trawler, 48 were Tamils.
See our earlier post: Undeterred and still looking to escape (19 August 2012)