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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
- Wednesday September 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
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Sri Lanka Appoints Committee For Repatriation Of Refugees From India
- Monday September 5, 2022
- India News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's government has appointed a committee to facilitate the repatriation of Sri Lankan refugees from India, according to a statement from the government on Monday.
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More Sri Lankans Fleeing Economic Crisis Reach India
- Friday April 22, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
18 more Sri Lankan nationals who fled the crisis-hit island republic arrived in India on Friday, with the hapless families who landed at Dhanushkodi in the wee hours being accommodated at the Mandapam refugees camp.
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
- Wednesday March 23, 2022
- World News | Edited by Akhil Kumar
As Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis, with electricity blackouts and shortage of essential goods leading to massive protests, its nationals have started seeking refuge in India.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Extends Covid Relief To Non-Camp Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee Families
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday launched a scheme to provide monetary assistance of Rs 4,000 each to 13,553 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families living outside refugee camps to alleviate their difficulties in view of COVID-19.
- www.ndtv.com
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DMK Will Continue To Fight Against Citizenship Amendment Act: MK Stalin
- Sunday March 14, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday said his party would continue to urge the union government to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and confer citizenship on Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in India.
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
- Wednesday January 8, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the state assembly that dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees was "possible" and that wants the centre to sign a pact with Sri Lanka to facilitate it.
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
- Monday December 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Urges Centre To Grant Citizenship To Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils
- Tuesday December 10, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and national award winning lyricist Vairamuthu on Tuesday batted for providing citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the country for more than three decades.
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Consider Citizenship For Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Tuesday December 10, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday urged the centre to consider giving citizenship to more than a lakh Sri Lankan Tamils living in the country as refugees for more than three decades.
- www.ndtv.com
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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
- Saturday January 19, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lanka is seeking "serious dialogues" with India for repatriation of Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu, its envoy on Friday said while asserting that his country wants them to be resettled back home with provision of housing and livelihood.
- www.ndtv.com
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
- Saturday April 23, 2016
- Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India
AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take "continuous steps" to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual citizenship for refugees from the island nation living in the state.
- www.ndtv.com
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Vaiko, Ramadoss Slam Tamil Nadu Government Over Sri Lankan Refugee's Suicide
- Monday March 7, 2016
- Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and PMK chief S Ramadoss today hit out at the Tamil Nadu government over the suicide of a Tamil Sri Lankan refugee in Madurai district and demanded appropriate action in the case.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
- Thursday December 3, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
- www.ndtv.com
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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
- Wednesday September 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Appoints Committee For Repatriation Of Refugees From India
- Monday September 5, 2022
- India News | Reuters
Sri Lanka's government has appointed a committee to facilitate the repatriation of Sri Lankan refugees from India, according to a statement from the government on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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More Sri Lankans Fleeing Economic Crisis Reach India
- Friday April 22, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
18 more Sri Lankan nationals who fled the crisis-hit island republic arrived in India on Friday, with the hapless families who landed at Dhanushkodi in the wee hours being accommodated at the Mandapam refugees camp.
- www.ndtv.com
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
- Wednesday March 23, 2022
- World News | Edited by Akhil Kumar
As Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis, with electricity blackouts and shortage of essential goods leading to massive protests, its nationals have started seeking refuge in India.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Extends Covid Relief To Non-Camp Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee Families
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday launched a scheme to provide monetary assistance of Rs 4,000 each to 13,553 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families living outside refugee camps to alleviate their difficulties in view of COVID-19.
- www.ndtv.com
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DMK Will Continue To Fight Against Citizenship Amendment Act: MK Stalin
- Sunday March 14, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday said his party would continue to urge the union government to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and confer citizenship on Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in India.
- www.ndtv.com
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
- Wednesday January 8, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the state assembly that dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees was "possible" and that wants the centre to sign a pact with Sri Lanka to facilitate it.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
- Monday December 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Urges Centre To Grant Citizenship To Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils
- Tuesday December 10, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and national award winning lyricist Vairamuthu on Tuesday batted for providing citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the country for more than three decades.
- www.ndtv.com
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Consider Citizenship For Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Tuesday December 10, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday urged the centre to consider giving citizenship to more than a lakh Sri Lankan Tamils living in the country as refugees for more than three decades.
- www.ndtv.com
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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
- Saturday January 19, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Sri Lanka is seeking "serious dialogues" with India for repatriation of Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu, its envoy on Friday said while asserting that his country wants them to be resettled back home with provision of housing and livelihood.
- www.ndtv.com
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
- Saturday April 23, 2016
- Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India
AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take "continuous steps" to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual citizenship for refugees from the island nation living in the state.
- www.ndtv.com
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Vaiko, Ramadoss Slam Tamil Nadu Government Over Sri Lankan Refugee's Suicide
- Monday March 7, 2016
- Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and PMK chief S Ramadoss today hit out at the Tamil Nadu government over the suicide of a Tamil Sri Lankan refugee in Madurai district and demanded appropriate action in the case.
- www.ndtv.com
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
- Thursday December 3, 2015
- India News | Press Trust of India
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
- www.ndtv.com