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

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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 …

A story of displacement to one of empowerment
6 months ago

A story of displacement to one of empowerment

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan Tamils who arrived on the shores of Tamil Nadu, India, for the first time in 1983 had lost everything. Currently, as of January 1, 2024, there are 57,975 refugees living in 105 government-run camps in Tamil Nadu and an estimated 40,000 Sri Lankan Tamils living outside the camps in Tamil Nadu with police registration from sources such …

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 …

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 …

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 …

19 more Lankan Tamils take reach India amid worst economic crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

19 more Lankan Tamils take reach India amid worst economic crisis

India TV News  

Highlights 19 more Sri Lankan Tamils seek refuge in India as Sri Lanka The Lankan refugees arrived near Rameswaram early on Sunday morning Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1948 19 more Sri Lankan Tamils seek refuge in India as Sri Lanka witnessed one of its worst economic crises. Police personnel, including …

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 …

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 — …

India ramps up engagement for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka
3 years, 6 months ago

India ramps up engagement for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday held two interesting meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the importance that New Delhi places on issues such as negotiated devolution of powers for Sri Lankan Tamils and their aspirations for equality, justice, and peace. The citizenship of Sri Lankan refugees in the state, a permanent solution to the fishermen's issue, …

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 …

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