INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A panel constituted by the Tamil Nadu government to find durable solutions to short- and long-term issues of the Sri Lankan Tamils living in
and out of camps across the State submitted its interim report to Chief Minister M.K
Stalin at the Secretariat on Friday
The interim report has explored ways of granting Indian citizenship to Sri Lankan nationals living in the State and made certain
solutions to the issues of Sri Lankan Tamils living in Tamil Nadu and legal pathways towards citizenship
We have made the recommendations after studying the data collected from the camps over the past two years and assessing the evolution of
the report, the panel has made recommendations that included pathways to citizenship, steps towards their integration into Indian society in
Tamil Nadu and a repatriation package
The report makes a strong case for about 5,000-odd Tamils of Indian origin (who were taken to Sri Lanka by the colonial British to work in
As for Sri Lankan Tamils, they have been grouped into about six categories, depending on how they entered India, and explored options for
obtained an Indian passport after moving the court, citing Section 3 of the Citizenship Act, 1955
for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K.S
Masthan submitted the report to the Chief Minister
Besides migration and refugee experts, representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Organisation for
Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR), Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) were present.Source -
