A plea for justice for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
3 years, 8 months ago

A plea for justice for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees

New Indian Express  

On the second issue, the grant of Indian citizenship, the manifesto highlights the necessity to “grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian-origin Tamils and their descendants who are in India as refugees for more than 30 years”. For the first time, a distinction has been made between Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian-origin Tamils. All Sri Lankan Tamils are Sri Lankan citizens, and, if they want to acquire Indian citizenship, would have to renounce Sri Lankan citizenship. It may, however, be pointed out that the Sri Lankan government had enacted a legislation in 2003 by which all Indian Tamils—stateless as well as the residue of the Sirimavo-Shastri Pact—could acquire Sri Lankan citizenship.

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HC directs Centre to consider application submitted by Sri Lankan Tamil of Indian origin for citizenship
2 months, 1 week ago

HC directs Centre to consider application submitted by Sri Lankan Tamil of Indian origin for citizenship

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Centre to consider the application for Indian citizenship submitted by a Sri Lanka Tamil refugee. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan directed the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to consider the petitioner Mathine’s application for Indian citizenship and pass orders on merits in 12 weeks after giving an opportunity …

Madras HC tells home ministry to decide on Lankan woman's plea for naturalisation certificate
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras HC tells home ministry to decide on Lankan woman's plea for naturalisation certificate

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the union home ministry to decide on an application submitted by a Sri Lankan refugee, seeking a certificate of naturalisation in 2011, within two months. She was issued a special certificate of registration for Sri Lankan Tamils by the Madurai city police commissioner and had applied for Indian Citizenship …

Loans for Sri Lankan Tamils: T.N. govt. directs Collectors to form committees to identify beneficiaries
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Loans for Sri Lankan Tamils: T.N. govt. directs Collectors to form committees to identify beneficiaries

The Hindu  

The Commissionerate of Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non-Resident Tamils has instructed Collectors to form district-level committees to identify beneficiaries under the Sri Lankan Tamil Small Loan Assistance Scheme. In a communication to the District Collectors, Commissioner B. Krishnamoorthy referred to the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to provide self-employment opportunities to Sri Lankan Tamils by providing loan assistance up to ₹2 …

A story of displacement to one of empowerment
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Indian Citizenship Law’s Exclusion of Sri Lankan Tamils
10 months, 1 week ago

Indian Citizenship Law’s Exclusion of Sri Lankan Tamils

The Diplomat  

The debate on which refugees qualify for Indian citizenship intensified with the Bharatiya Janata Party government enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and notifying the rules in March this year. The Tamil Nadu government has been receptive to the requests of the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees for citizenship rights, and both regional parties, the Dravida Munetra Kazahagam and the All …

Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Perverse intent: The Hindu Editorial on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

The Hindu  

Offering citizenship to migrants who have fled their countries of origin because of persecution and have stayed a sufficient time in their adopted country, is a humane endeavour by any nation-state and should be generally welcomed. But by limiting this measure only to migrants from an arbitrary group of neighbouring nations and to narrow the definition only to “religious persecution”, …

Madras High Court rejects plea to grant Indian citizenship to children born at Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps
1 year ago

Madras High Court rejects plea to grant Indian citizenship to children born at Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024 refused to issue a general direction to the Centre to grant Indian citizenship to all children born at the special camps for Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu. He claimed to have made a representation to the National Human Rights Commission on September 17, 2022, for considering the issue of granting …

40 houses for Sri Lankan refugees inaugurated
1 year, 1 month ago

40 houses for Sri Lankan refugees inaugurated

The Hindu  

The State government’s steps to get citizenship for Sri Lankan refugees will certainly succeed, MP Kanimozhi has said. After inaugurating 40 houses built at a cost of ₹1.03 crore in the Sri Lankan refugee camp at Kulaththuvaaipatti near Ettaiyapuram on Monday, Ms. Kanimozhi said the Tamil Nadu government, in a bid to ensure decent living conditions for Sri Lankan expatriates, …

End the uncertainty: The Hindu Editorial on the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 3 months ago

End the uncertainty: The Hindu Editorial on the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has demonstrated how the judiciary can provide succour to a person waiting for over 40 years to get Indian citizenship. In T. Ganesan vs The Government of India & Others, the Madurai Bench of the High Court, in its judgment on November 30, directed the authorities to treat the petitioner and his family as Indian citizens, …

A cautionary tale from Indian Tamils in Ceylon
1 year, 4 months ago

A cautionary tale from Indian Tamils in Ceylon

Hindustan Times  

More people have heard of the fast-bowling Sri Lankan wizard of a spinner Muttiah Muralitharan than of the great community of “Indian Tamils” in Sri Lanka or the tea plantation workers on the Emerald Isle’s Hill Country, to which he belongs. That makes Muttiah Muralitharan one of the 4.2% of Sri Lanka’s “Indian Tamils”. Between 1978 and 1982, I had …

An under-discussed facet of colonial history
1 year, 4 months ago

An under-discussed facet of colonial history

The Hindu  

November 09, 2023 12:16 am | Updated 01:55 am IST This year marks the bicentenary of the arrival of Tamil indentured labourers in Sri Lanka, a milestone recently commemorated in Colombo at an event called “Naam 200”, where I delivered an address on this woefully under-discussed facet of our colonial history. It was not without reason that the British historian …

Remember our history, recognise our labour, say Sri Lanka’s Malaiyaha Tamils
1 year, 10 months ago

Remember our history, recognise our labour, say Sri Lanka’s Malaiyaha Tamils

The Hindu  

Marking 200 years since their arrival in Sri Lanka from southern India, to work in the British-run plantations, members of the island nation’s historically marginalised Malaiyaha Tamil community have sought greater recognition, political rights, and improved living and working conditions. Watch:How Sri Lanka’s economic crisis affected the Malaiyaha Tamil community Organised by the Institute of Social Development, an NGO working …

10 Sri Lankan Tamils arrived to India seeking refuge
1 year, 10 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 …

An uphill struggle in Sri Lanka’s tea country
2 years, 4 months ago

An uphill struggle in Sri Lanka’s tea country

The Hindu  

Watch | How the economic crisis has hurt Sri Lanka’s hill Tamils Sathish Sumithra’s son, barely two years old, is too young to make sense of Sri Lanka’s unrelenting economic crisis, but not to escape it. “An egg costs 70 rupees now,” says Sumithra, breaking down what the country’s 70% inflation and over 80% food inflation means in her working-class …

A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils
2 years, 4 months ago

A pathway to citizenship for Indian-origin Tamils

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has now posted the 232 petitions challenging the Citizenship Act to be heard on December 6, 2022. However, the Sri Lankan civil war resulted in a spike in Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian-origin Tamils together seeking asylum in India. Over the next 40 years, the legal destiny of Indian-origin Tamils has been largely intertwined with …

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Exclusion Of Sri Lankan Tamils From CAA Must Also Be Looked At : DMK Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi heard the petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 on Monday. During the hearing, Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party sought reply from the Centre on the applicability of the 2019 Act on the Hindu Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recently, …

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he is hopeful of resolving the problems faced by ethnic Tamils in the country, as he announced the appointment of a committee to find ways to integrate the Indian-origin workers in the plantation sector into the society. “While some of the Tamils of Hill Country origin had integrated successfully into the Sri Lankan …

Lankan Govt to Appoint Panel for Integration of Indian-origin Tamil Workers in Society: Prez Wickremesinghe
2 years, 4 months ago

Lankan Govt to Appoint Panel for Integration of Indian-origin Tamil Workers in Society: Prez Wickremesinghe

News 18  

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government will appoint a committee to seek how best to integrate the Indian-origin Tamil workers in the hill plantation regions further into the Sri Lankan society. “While some of the Tamils of Hill Country origin had integrated successfully into the Sri Lankan society, some have failed and measures would be taken to assist them …

Principles of CAA apply to Sri Lankan Hindu Tamils, says Madras High Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Principles of CAA apply to Sri Lankan Hindu Tamils, says Madras High Court

The Hindu  

“One can take judicial notice of the fact that the Hindu Tamils of Sri Lanka were the primary victims of the racial strife,” said Justice G.R. One can take judicial notice of the fact that the Hindu Tamils of Sri Lanka were the primary victims of the racial strife,” he said. The court was hearing a petition filed by S. …

How Dhanushkodi is a land of promise for Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing the economic crisis
2 years, 10 months ago

How Dhanushkodi is a land of promise for Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing the economic crisis

The Hindu  

A sliver of a moon casts a feeble light on the heaving Indian Ocean. New horizons: From 2005, a camp in Tamil Nadu has been a refuge for Sri Lankan Tamils The families fleeing the economic crisis will join those who have made Mandapam camp their home since 2005. Though at peace and far from the turmoil that their country …

Sri Lanka crisis: Refugees in Tamil Nadu were dreaming of returning to their island nation
2 years, 10 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, …

T.N. requests temporary asylum for Tamils arriving from Sri Lanka
2 years, 11 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, 11 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 …

Home away from home: Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas rebuild their lives
2 years, 11 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.
3 years 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 …

The plight of Tamils of Indian origin in Sri Lanka
3 years, 3 months ago

The plight of Tamils of Indian origin in Sri Lanka

New Indian Express  

In a highly commendable move, the Rajapaksa brothers, who hold the reins of power in Sri Lanka, invited the UN Human Rights Council dealing with contemporary forms of slavery to visit Sri Lanka, study the living conditions of the most exploited sections of society like people working in garment firms in export promotion zones, tea plantation workers and migrants. Tomoya …

Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India attempted mass suicide

Al Jazeera  

At least 29 refugees tried to take their own lives last month in protest against their detention at a camp in Tamil Nadu state. Tamil Nadu, India – Last month, at least 29 Sri Lankan Tamils at a special refugee camp within a prison in southern India tried to take their own lives in protest against their detention. Efsiban – …

Rehabilitation welcome but citizenship elusive
3 years, 6 months ago

Rehabilitation welcome but citizenship elusive

The Hindu  

Subashini, a young woman Sri Lankan Tamil refugee of the Mandapam camp near Rameswaram, comes out of the premises in a hurry, only to tell this writer that “please convey our appreciation to the Chief Minister for a well-conceived package”. But most of the refugees do not qualify for Indian citizenship as they are called “illegal migrants” for having entered …

Tamil Nadu government announces a slew of benefits for Sri Lankan refugees, including measures to improve conditions in camps
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu government announces a slew of benefits for Sri Lankan refugees, including measures to improve conditions in camps

The Hindu  

Stalin has announced a series of welfare measures and benefits for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu, at a total cost of Rs.317 crore. The first Sri Lankan Tamil refugees came to Tamil Nadu following the ethnic cleansing pogrom in Sri Lanka in 1983. The scheme includes construction of 3,510 houses for Sri Lankan refugees at a cost of …

India ramps up engagement for Tamil rights in Sri Lanka
3 years, 9 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, …

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
4 years, 3 months ago

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Hindu and Sikh refugees in India still wait for nationality a year after a controversial citizenship law was passed. Last December, India’s Hindu nationalist government amended the country’s citizenship law to expedite nationality for persecuted immigrants – except Muslims – from three neighbouring countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. A Sikh refugee, Surbeer, 33, is among some 31,313 eligible refugees in …

Sri Lankan Tamil women fighting for land 10 years after war ended
5 years ago

Sri Lankan Tamil women fighting for land 10 years after war ended

Al Jazeera  

Dozens have been protesting for the past three years, demanding army return their land confiscated during the civil war. Army spokesman Chandana Wickramasinghe said approximately 85 percent of the private land that was held by the armed forces in the north and east had “already been handed over to the legitimate owners”. “In the Sri Lankan context, land is a …

Fifty years on, Citizenship Amendment Act brings new fears to Tamils repatriated from Sri Lanka
5 years, 2 months ago

Fifty years on, Citizenship Amendment Act brings new fears to Tamils repatriated from Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Valliyammal M., who was repatriated to India from Sri Lanka more than four decades ago, has been living in the same house in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu that the government built for her and her husband then. Subsequently, another 87,000 people whose applications for Sri Lankan citizenship were rejected also applied for Indian citizenship, pulling up the total …

Radical Islamists were armed by Sri Lankan govt in Civil War; urge India to do more for Hindus: Siva Senai
5 years, 2 months ago

Radical Islamists were armed by Sri Lankan govt in Civil War; urge India to do more for Hindus: Siva Senai

India TV News  

Making a strong pitch for the inclusion of Sri Lankan Hindus under the amended Citizenship Act, Jaffna-based rights’ activist and former United Nations advisor Dr Maravanpulavu Sachithananthan told India TV in an exclusive interview that New Delhi must either create pathways for citizenship for Sri Lankan Hindus or negotiate their rehabilitation in Sri Lanka with Colombo. The Sri Lankan government …

I favour return of Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka, says former CM of Sri Lanka's Northern Province
5 years, 2 months ago

I favour return of Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka, says former CM of Sri Lanka's Northern Province

The Hindu  

The former Chief Minister of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, C.V. Wigneswaran, on Monday asserted that he was for the return of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Tamil Nadu and other parts of India to home soil. When asked whether his recent call for the granting of dual citizenship to the refugees marked any nuanced shift in position …

Return to the homeland
5 years, 3 months ago

Return to the homeland

The Hindu  

Critics of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 ask why Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka will not be given citizenship under the new law. Influx of refugees From the time Tamil Nadu began witnessing an influx of refugees from August 1983 following Black July in Sri Lanka, the Indian government has maintained that these refugees should go back on their …

Making returning citizens feel at home
5 years, 3 months ago

Making returning citizens feel at home

The Hindu  

In the widespread resistance to the recently-passed Citizenship Act, many have repeatedly highlighted the omission of Sri Lankans among persecuted communities in the neighbourhood who now qualify for Indian citizenship, for the first time based on their religion. Sri Lankan Tamil political leaders and others working with returnees say it’s time that Sri Lanka removed all the hurdles to their …

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, the nowhere people
5 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, the nowhere people

The Hindu  

Defying logic, two communities of SriLankan Tamils have been left out of the ambit of the Citizenship Bill : the plantation Tamils, who have roots in India and were forcibly relocated to Sri Lanka by the British as indentured labourers, and the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in India. The Sri Lankan Tamils in refugee camps tick one more box; …

MHA clarifies on citizenship to migrants from three nations
5 years, 3 months ago

MHA clarifies on citizenship to migrants from three nations

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said no migrant from the six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh “will become Indian citizen automatically.” A migrant should apply online and the competent authority would see whether he or she fulfiled all the qualifications for registration or naturalisation as Indian citizen, a senior MHA official said. It only provides a …

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Rethink exclusion of Muslims, allies tell government
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Rethink exclusion of Muslims, allies tell government

The Hindu  

Asking the government to “rethink” and “revise” the Citizenship Amendment Bill, allies of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday sought inclusion of Muslims and those from all neighbouring countries, particularly Sri Lanka, in the Bill. Citing statements from the late AIADMK chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha, Ms. Sathyanath said “Amma had demanded citizenship for Sri …

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Legalise business, marriage, children of refugees
5 years, 3 months ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Legalise business, marriage, children of refugees

Op India  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the upper house of the parliament today. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah first took the opportunity to rubbished the rumours doing the rounds about the Muslim population of the country being adversely affected by the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Read: Citizenship Amendment Bill – Myths …

Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Bill amidst Opposition outcry
5 years, 3 months ago

Lok Sabha passes Citizenship Bill amidst Opposition outcry

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill that seeks to give citizenship to refugees from the Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Responding to the five-hour debate that saw nearly 48 speakers from various parties participate, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it was a “historic Bill” that …

Will provide citizenship to persecuted minorities: Rajnath Singh
5 years, 3 months ago

Will provide citizenship to persecuted minorities: Rajnath Singh

India Today  

The Citizenship Bill is for those people whose roots are in India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told India Today TV in an exclusive interview. On allegations that CAB is exclusionary to Muslims, Rajnath Singh said, "The Citizenship Bill is being brought for those people whose roots are in India but stay or stayed on in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Speaking …

Tamils should get back lost land: Sri Lankan refugees
5 years, 4 months ago

Tamils should get back lost land: Sri Lankan refugees

Deccan Chronicle  

RAMESWARAM: Responding to the return of the Rakjapaksa brothers to the helm of government in Sri Lanka with a sense of apprehension and trepidation, Tamil refugees from the Island-Republic staying in the Mandapam transit camp near here have urged the new regime to return all the land and property the Tamils in North and East lost during the long civil …

NRC will be done across India, Amit Shah tells Rajya Sabha, 'but Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi refugees will get citizenship under CAB'
5 years, 4 months ago

NRC will be done across India, Amit Shah tells Rajya Sabha, 'but Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi refugees will get citizenship under CAB'

Firstpost  

Home Minister Amit Shah said the government accepts that refugees - Hindu, Buddhists, Jain, Christians, Sikhs and Parsis - who left Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan due to religious atrocities should get Indian citizenship New Delhi: The National Register of Citizens process will be carried out across India, Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while making it …

Consider Jaya’s plea for dual citizenship for SL refugees, Batticaloa MP tells govt
5 years, 6 months ago

Consider Jaya’s plea for dual citizenship for SL refugees, Batticaloa MP tells govt

Deccan Chronicle  

RAMESWARAM: Sri Lankan Tamil MP representing Batticaloa Seenithambi Yogeshwaran on Thursday made a forceful plea to the Government of India and Tamil Nadu government to consider former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s suggestion to confer ‘dual citizenship’ status to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in camps in Tamil Nadu to help them get employment. Speaking at an event organised by …

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees seek Indian citizenship
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees seek Indian citizenship

Deccan Chronicle  

SALEM: A group of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees residing in camps in Salem district on Monday trooped to the district collectorate and presented a petition to the district collector S A Raman, urging the Central government to grant them 'Indian Citizenship'. As many as 900 Sri Lankan Tamil families reside in eight camps set up for them in Salem district. …

Madras HC to Centre: End trauma of 65 Sri Lankan Tamils
5 years, 9 months ago

Madras HC to Centre: End trauma of 65 Sri Lankan Tamils

India TV News  

The Madras High Court has passionately argued for grant of citizenship to 65 Tamils who fled Sri Lanka after the 1983 riots, saying the conditions in the Tamil Nadu camp in which they are housed are "hellish". The Tamils crossed the narrow strip of sea dividing Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu way back with a view to make India their …

25 Sri Lankan Tamil families want to return home
6 years, 1 month ago

25 Sri Lankan Tamil families want to return home

Deccan Chronicle  

Rameswaram: At least 25 Sri Lankan Tamil families staying the in the largest camp for them at Mandapam camp near here for long years have petitioned the special deputy thasildar in-charge of the transit camp, Mr. Ramachandran, stating they wish to get back to Sri Lanka as early as possible. This is reflective of a wider trend found among over …

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