On 9 May, more than 1,000 Muslim refugees were evicted from their rented houses in Negombo, after landlords feared that mobs would attack their properties. According to Daily Mirror, there were 844 refugees and 826 asylum seekers in the country, in 2018.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/Refugees-become-refugees–again-in-Sri-Lanka/131-166701