9 Sri Lankan refugees who fled Tamil Nadu camp caught near maritime border
1 month, 1 week ago

9 Sri Lankan refugees who fled Tamil Nadu camp caught near maritime border

India Today  

Nine Sri Lankan refugees who had escaped from the Mandapam refugee camp in Tamil Nadu were caught near Neduntheevu Island by the Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday evening, officials said. Three refugees, identified as Niroshan, Sudha, Gnanajothi, along with three children and three other women from Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee, Mannar, and Mullaitivu, had initially arrived at India's Dhanushkodi coast by sea during the economic crisis between 2022 and 2023. They were subsequently given refuge at Tamil Nadu’s Mandapam camp. However, upon reaching Neduntheevu, they were intercepted and detained by the Sri Lankan Navy.

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Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean
3 days, 15 hours ago

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Al Jazeera  

The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port …

12 Tamil fishermen arrested by Lankan navy for crossing maritime border
1 month, 1 week ago

12 Tamil fishermen arrested by Lankan navy for crossing maritime border

India Today  

Twelve fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy for crossing the international maritime border. This is the second such incident within a week, where Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy. With the increasing number of arrests by the Sri Lankan navy, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin has urged Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to intervene …

Sri Lanka Navy arrests 23 Tamil fishermen for crossing maritime border
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1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka Navy arrests 23 Tamil fishermen for crossing maritime border

India Today  

The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen and seized three boats for allegedly crossing the international maritime border on Saturday. These fishermen were fishing near Neduntheevu Island when a Sri Lankan Navy patrol boat surrounded them. In a similar incident in October, 16 fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of crossing the …

10 Sri Lankan Tamils arrived to India seeking refuge
1 year, 7 months ago

10 Sri Lankan Tamils arrived to India seeking refuge

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: A total of 10 Sri Lankan Tamils, including four children and four women, were rescued from the first sand bar near Dhanushkodi on Saturday. The police found that they were from Mullaitivu region in Sri Lanka and had arrived in India hoping to get a better life. Speaking to TNIE, Jacintha Lazarus, Commissioner of Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non …

Six Sri Lankan refugees from three camps in T.N. held while trying to flee to New Zealand
1 year, 9 months ago

Six Sri Lankan refugees from three camps in T.N. held while trying to flee to New Zealand

The Hindu  

The Q- Branch - Criminal Investigation Department of the Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday busted an alleged attempt by six Sri Lankan refugees from various camps in the State, to flee to New Zealand. According to the police, Kenujan, 34, from the Kulathuvaipatti camp in Thoothukudi district, Jeniffer Raj, 23, Dinesh, 18 and Bhuvaneshwari, 40, all from the Kelavarapalli camp …

UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea
2 years ago

UN urges rescue of refugees adrift in Andaman Sea

The Independent  

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Sri Lanka navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in rough seas
2 years ago

Sri Lanka navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in rough seas

Al Jazeera  

Navy says 104 people found on board a trawler suspected to have originated from Myanmar and heading to Indonesia. Sri Lanka’s navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island nation’s northern coast, an official said. A search and rescue operation was launched to eventually tow the vessel to the island nation’s northern harbour on Sunday night, navy …

Family of five from Sri Lanka reaches Dhanushkodi; 214 persons have arrived so far
2 years ago

Family of five from Sri Lanka reaches Dhanushkodi; 214 persons have arrived so far

The Hindu  

Five people belonging to a family from Killinochi district, Sri Lanka, reached the Indian waters at Dhanuskodi first islet at around 5 a.m. on Thursday. Apart from them, an aged woman, from Sri Lanka had died in a hospital at Madurai due to age related ailment. Investigations revealed that S. Ganeshamoorthy of Killinochi district was working as a casual worker …

Sri Lanka Navy rescues Indian fishermen stranded in its territorial waters
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka Navy rescues Indian fishermen stranded in its territorial waters

Firstpost  

The six fishermen Saravanan, Alexander, Anthony, Sasi, Murugan and Subbiah in the boat tried to fix the fault but were unable to do so Rameswaram: Sri Lankan Navy on Monday rescued six Indian fishermen who were stranded after their boat drifted in Lankan waters due to a glitch. The owner of the boat then dispatched a rescue vessel from the …

Seven more Sri Lankan Tamils reach Dhanushkodi
2 years, 5 months ago

Seven more Sri Lankan Tamils reach Dhanushkodi

The Hindu  

Two families, comprising seven persons, from Sri Lanka’s Jaffna and Trincomalee districts reached here by illegal vessels in the early hours of Tuesday. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the two families had paid ₹1 lakh each to the fishermen in Sri Lanka and reached Indian waters at Arichalmunai around 3 a.m. They were identified as Mary Agastha, 44 and her sons …

Two Sri Lankan Tamils found unconscious near beach in TN's Rameswaram, rescued
2 years, 5 months ago

Two Sri Lankan Tamils found unconscious near beach in TN's Rameswaram, rescued

India Today  

An elderly couple from Sri Lanka was found lying unconscious in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Monday. Rameswaram is the closest Indian city to Sri Lanka. So far, 92 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees have crossed the sea seeking asylum in Tamil Nadu since March 22. READ | Seven Sri Lankans land on Indian coast seeking refuge

Sri Lanka crisis: Refugees in Tamil Nadu were dreaming of returning to their island nation
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Refugees in Tamil Nadu were dreaming of returning to their island nation

The Hindu  

For over 80 Tamils, including children and infants, who took boats and landed in Tamil Nadu in the last few months, the risky journey was not only about fleeing Sri Lanka’s dire economic situation. “After spending years or decades away in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu, many families came back hoping to build a new life here,” says P. Nagenthiran, …

Five more Sri Lankan Tamils arrive in Rameswaram
2 years, 7 months ago

Five more Sri Lankan Tamils arrive in Rameswaram

The Hindu  

Five more Sri Lankan Tamils, including two women and an infant, arrived Serankottai of Rameswaram Island in early hours of Monday, May 2, 2022. Already 75 Sri Lankan Tamils have illegally reached Tamil Nadu ever-since economic crisis broke out in island nation. Sri Lankan boat detained Meanwhile, a Sri Lankan fishing boat with six crew members was detained by an …

Sri Lankan family with two-month-old infant lands on Indian coast seeking refuge
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan family with two-month-old infant lands on Indian coast seeking refuge

India Today  

Due to the severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka, several Tamils have decided to risk their lives and cross the sea to reach the Tamil Nadu coast to survive. A total of 80 Sri Lankan Tamils have crossed the sea seeking refuge since the crisis began. On early Monday morning, May 2, another family of five including a mother carrying …

18 more Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu, seek asylum
2 years, 8 months ago

18 more Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu, seek asylum

The Hindu  

Eighteen Sri Lankans fled the economic crisis in their country, reached the Indian shores in the early hours of Friday on three fibre boats and sought asylum. A senior official said that with the arrival of 18 Sri Lankans on Friday, the total number of those who had reached Tamil Nadu from the neighbouring country had risen to 60. Many …

T.N. requests temporary asylum for Tamils arriving from Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

T.N. requests temporary asylum for Tamils arriving from Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

With people from Tamil-speaking areas of Sri Lanka arriving in Tamil Nadu illegally in the wake of the economic crisis in the island nation, the State government has requested the Union government to grant permission for “special provisions to give temporary asylum” to them, as in the case of the refugees staying in camps. Fishermen’s plight In a letter to …

Sri Lankan family returns to Tamil Nadu as refugees after 12 years
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan family returns to Tamil Nadu as refugees after 12 years

India Today  

A family of four, including a 2-year-old child, reached Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka on Friday, April 8. The severe economic crisis has forced another family from Sri Lanka to come to India as refugees. Ranjitha and Kishanthan used to live as refugees in India during the Sri Lankan civil war. The Indian coast guard has advised officials to intensify …

Passage to India: Arrival of economic refugees from Sri Lanka looms large
2 years, 8 months ago

Passage to India: Arrival of economic refugees from Sri Lanka looms large

The Hindu  

O n March 29, the Indian Coast Guard observed a Sri Lankan fishing boat off Point Calimere on the Indian side of the International Maritime Boundary Line. Indian intelligence agencies suspect that the boat was on a reconnaissance mission to figure out new landing strips on the Indian side because of a new business opportunity: that of ferrying Sri Lankan …

Home away from home: Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas rebuild their lives
2 years, 8 months ago

Home away from home: Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas rebuild their lives

The Hindu  

Although India has hosted refugees since Independence, it is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or the 1967 Protocol and does not have a national policy applicable to refugees. The study, titled ‘ Rohingyas and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu: a replicable model of semi-permanent resettlement in low-resource settings ’, published in Equality, Diversity …

Question mark remains over status of 16 Sri Lankans who reached T.N.
2 years, 9 months ago

Question mark remains over status of 16 Sri Lankans who reached T.N.

The Hindu  

The illegal entry of 16 persons from Sri Lanka’s Northern Province into Rameswaram on Tuesday has triggered a debate on whether they can be accorded the refugee status. Ordinarily, a person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion is regarded as a refugee …

Sri Lankan Tamil families flee to India citing economic crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lankan Tamil families flee to India citing economic crisis

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has forced two ethnic Tamil families to flee the island nation. According to a senior official who questioned them, the Sri Lankan nationals got into a boat around 10 p.m. on Monday and crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line past midnight. It identified six Sri Lankan nationals — one male, two females and three children — …

Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu: The nowhere people
3 years, 10 months ago

Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu: The nowhere people

India Today  

Days after the Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act in December 2019, T Yanadhan, a 28-year-old man born to Sri Lankan Tamil parents living in a refugee camp in Pavalathanur in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, sought the collector's permission to kill himself. Yanadhan is one among 94,069 Sri Lanka Tamil refugees living in various parts of Tamil Nadu: most of …

Lankan Navy Arrests 4 Tamil Nadu Fishermen; Rescues 14 Stranded from Karaikal
4 years, 1 month ago

Lankan Navy Arrests 4 Tamil Nadu Fishermen; Rescues 14 Stranded from Karaikal

News 18  

Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday when they were allegedly fishing in the sea off Kodiakarai coast, a fishermen association here said. Meanwhile, 14 fishermen belonging to neighbouring Karaikal district inthe union territory of Puducherry, who drifted to Lankan territory due to an engine snag in the boat were rescued by the Navy …

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