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100 houses to be constructed for Sri Lankan Tamils at Rehabilitation Camp in Thoppukollai
2 weeks, 3 days ago

100 houses to be constructed for Sri Lankan Tamils at Rehabilitation Camp in Thoppukollai

The Hindu  

One hundred new houses are to be constructed for Sri Lankan Tamils housed at the Rehabilitation Camp at Thoppukollai in Tiruvarangulam block in Pudukottai district. A little over 1,000 Sri Lankan Tamils are residing in the rehabilitation camp at Thoppukollai. Pudukottai district accounts for three rehabilitation camps housing Sri Lankan Tamils - one at Thoppukollai, another at Azhiyanilai in Aranthangi …

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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 …

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Five more Sri Lankan Tamils reach Dhanushkodi seeking refuge
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Five more Sri Lankan Tamils reach Dhanushkodi seeking refuge

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Five Sri Lankan Tamils, including three children, from Vavuniya region of Sri Lanka reached Dhanushkodi, seeking refuge in India on Wednesday. Since March 2022, the number of Sri Lankan Tamils who arrived in Tamil Nadu has increased to 293, including those who reached Dhanushkodi on Wednesday. Police sources said the five were identified as R Nanthakumar, his wife Sangari …

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Two Sri Lankan Tamils held over illegal entry; One arrested for harbouring them
1 year, 2 months ago

Two Sri Lankan Tamils held over illegal entry; One arrested for harbouring them

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: A day after police forces found a Sri Lankan registered boat near Mandapam shores, two Sri Lankan Tamils have been arrested and booked under multiple charges on Wednesday over illegal entry. The Sri Lankan Tamils were identified as Roshan @ Jagan, who resides in Pechalai in Mannar region, and Nagendhiran from Mannar region. To secure the two Sri Lankan …

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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 …

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Sri Lanka's July Jinx: From Anti-Tamil Pogrom to Latest Crisis, Nation's Struggle With 'Black Mark' on History
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka's July Jinx: From Anti-Tamil Pogrom to Latest Crisis, Nation's Struggle With 'Black Mark' on History

News 18  

For Sri Lanka, the month of July continues to remain a “black mark” on its history that it tries to wash off but to no avail. This is also the month that is observed as ‘Black July’ by Sri Lankan Tamils after the anti-Tamil pogrom. On July 29, 1987, the India-Sri Lanka accord was signed by India’s then Prime Minister …

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Eight Sri Lankan Tamils reach Indian shores seeking refuge over economic crisis, fear of kids being nabbed
2 years, 5 months ago

Eight Sri Lankan Tamils reach Indian shores seeking refuge over economic crisis, fear of kids being nabbed

India Today  

Unable to face the severe economic crunch and fearing that their children could be kidnapped, another set of eight Sri Lankan Tamils reached Indian shores seeking refuge. Eight people, including Sasikala, Kathir, Kamala and Rani from Valvettithurai in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna crossed the rough sea in a fibre boat to reach Arichalmunai at Dhanushkodi. How can we go and stay …

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How Dhanushkodi is a land of promise for Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing the economic crisis
2 years, 6 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 …

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Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of food, medicine, and other relief aid to Sri Lanka
2 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of food, medicine, and other relief aid to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

When Tan Binh 99, the Panama-registered general cargo vessel left Chennai at 8.28 a.m. on May 19 with 9,000 tons of rice, 200 tons of milk powder, and 24 tons of essential medicines, it marked a first of sorts: A province in a developing country extending its assistance to another country. “Many more would have crossed over but for the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Why India's Vote Against Sri Lanka in UNHRC in 2012 and 2013 Should be Seen as an Aberration
3 years, 8 months ago

Why India's Vote Against Sri Lanka in UNHRC in 2012 and 2013 Should be Seen as an Aberration

News 18  

India has continued its stand of supporting Sri Lanka in UNHRC and has once again abstained from the voting process on a resolution demanding war crime investigation against the Sri Lankan government and its army. In 2013, repeating its 2012 stand, while voting for the UNHRC Resolution 22/1 on war crimes which was drafted again by the US against Sri …

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Centre betrayed Tamils, says Kamal Haasan on India abstaining from voting on UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka
3 years, 8 months ago

Centre betrayed Tamils, says Kamal Haasan on India abstaining from voting on UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka

India Today  

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday criticised the government over India's decision to abstain from voting on UN Human Rights Council resolution against Sri Lanka and called it a 'big betrayal of Tamils and Tamilians'. Taking to Twitter, Kamal Haasan wrote the message in Tamil which when loosely translated in English reads: "Indian representation abstaining from voting at UN Human Rights …

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Karunanidhi and the Sri Lankan Tamil Issue
3 years, 9 months ago

Karunanidhi and the Sri Lankan Tamil Issue

The Hindu  

A report in The Hindu, with the headline, ‘ M. Karunanidhi: A lifelong warrior for Sri Lankan Tamil cause but misunderstood in the end ’, gives an idea of not only Karunanidhi’s long association with Sri Lankan Tamil leadership but also his deep understanding of the Tamil problem in the island, besides the criticisms that were levelled against him. Karunanidhi …

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Answer to Cricketer Muralitharan's Biopic Row Lies in Sri Lanka's Troubled Past and Its Link with India
4 years, 2 months ago

Answer to Cricketer Muralitharan's Biopic Row Lies in Sri Lanka's Troubled Past and Its Link with India

News 18  

Muttiah Muralitharan is not new to controversies. “Malayaha” means hill country and these Tamils live and work in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka’s breathtakingly beautiful highlands. When Sri Lanka got Independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, these Indian Tamils became stateless as the Independent Ceylon refused to give them citizenship. Indian Tamils Leaders like Saumiyamurthy Thondaman, who made …

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