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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
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.
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Centre To Ensure Tamil Refugees In Sri Lanka Live In Peace: Rajnath Singh
Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, equality and dignity.
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
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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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
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.
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
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.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
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.
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Sri Lankan Police Warns Against Commemorating LTTE Heroes' Day
Sri Lankan police today warned against organising events eulogising the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after posters commemorating the Heroes' Day tomorrow surfaced in the country's Tamil-dominated North.
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5 Arrested with Cyanide, Satellite Phones in Tamil Nadu
Two Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were among five persons detained after police seized a satellite phone, GPS equipment and cyanide from their car during a vehicle check in the district on monday.
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Australia to Ship Tamil Asylum Seekers to its Mainland
Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers it has been holding at sea for nearly a month to a mainland detention centre, the immigration minister said on Friday, in an apparent setback for the government's policies.
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Humanitarian Groups Slam Malaysia Deportation of Sri Lanka Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency and Human Rights Watch on Wednesday decried Malaysia's deportation of two Sri Lankan refugees and an asylum-seeker accused of being Tamil Tiger separatists.
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Lankan Tamil refugees arrive by illegal boat service, one held
A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who arrived today by an illegal boat service, has been taken into custody for questioning and a massive hunt launched for other refugees, police said.
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120 Lankan Tamil refugees rescued from sea, arrested
One hundred twenty Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka were on Saturday rescued by the Coast Guard from a stranded vessel in the sea and arrested.
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Blog: 'India, our second home, has let us down'
A sense of disappointment and betrayal by world community dominates the hearts and minds of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, a day after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a watered down resolution against Sri Lanka.
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Tamil group plans protest at 2nd Test in Melbourne
The Tamil Refugee Council said on Friday it wants Cricket Australia to stop playing matches against Sri Lanka until its government agrees to an independent inquiry into war crimes.
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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
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.
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Centre To Ensure Tamil Refugees In Sri Lanka Live In Peace: Rajnath Singh
Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, equality and dignity.
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
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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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
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.
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
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.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
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.
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Sri Lankan Police Warns Against Commemorating LTTE Heroes' Day
Sri Lankan police today warned against organising events eulogising the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after posters commemorating the Heroes' Day tomorrow surfaced in the country's Tamil-dominated North.
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5 Arrested with Cyanide, Satellite Phones in Tamil Nadu
Two Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were among five persons detained after police seized a satellite phone, GPS equipment and cyanide from their car during a vehicle check in the district on monday.
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Australia to Ship Tamil Asylum Seekers to its Mainland
Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers it has been holding at sea for nearly a month to a mainland detention centre, the immigration minister said on Friday, in an apparent setback for the government's policies.
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Humanitarian Groups Slam Malaysia Deportation of Sri Lanka Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency and Human Rights Watch on Wednesday decried Malaysia's deportation of two Sri Lankan refugees and an asylum-seeker accused of being Tamil Tiger separatists.
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Lankan Tamil refugees arrive by illegal boat service, one held
A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who arrived today by an illegal boat service, has been taken into custody for questioning and a massive hunt launched for other refugees, police said.
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120 Lankan Tamil refugees rescued from sea, arrested
One hundred twenty Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka were on Saturday rescued by the Coast Guard from a stranded vessel in the sea and arrested.
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Blog: 'India, our second home, has let us down'
A sense of disappointment and betrayal by world community dominates the hearts and minds of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, a day after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a watered down resolution against Sri Lanka.
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Tamil group plans protest at 2nd Test in Melbourne
The Tamil Refugee Council said on Friday it wants Cricket Australia to stop playing matches against Sri Lanka until its government agrees to an independent inquiry into war crimes.
