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Tamil Nadu: Two Sri Lankan refugees reach Rameswaram, probe underway
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two Sri Lankan refugees Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram district, the police said on Monday.
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UK plans deportation of Lankan refugees to 'third country'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 23 (ANI): The United Kingdom has decided to move Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands to 'a safe third country,' unless they returned to Sri Lanka 'voluntarily'.
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8 Sri Lankan refugees including children came to Dhanushkodi, probe underw
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Eight Sri Lankan people including three males, two females, two male children and a female child came to Dhanushkodi as refugees today early morning at 2 am, police said.
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2 Sri Lankans refugees found at Rameswaram island, probe underway
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, many citizens are fleeing the island nation. On Monday, two Sri Lankan refugees were found on Rameswaram island and they are investigated by the Tamil Nadu Police.
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Indian envoy Gopal Baglay denies reports of deployment of troops in Sri La
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): Gopal Baglay, India's High Commissioner of Sri Lanka on Friday has categorically denied reports of deployment of the Indian Army in an economic crisis-ridden island nation and said that it was a rumour floating around since April 1.
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Three Sri Lankan nationals booked by Rameswaram court in TN for illegally
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Rameswaram [Tamilnadu], March 24 (ANI): Three Sri Lankan nationals, who fled the island nation, which is facing a severe economic crisis, were booked under various sections of the Indian Passport Rule and the Foreigners Act and remanded in custody following a Rameshwaram court order.
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With no source of income Sri Lankan refugees in Chennai brace for coronavi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 1 (ANI): With lockdown in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, some Sri Lankan refugees living in Chennai are facing hardships as they have no source of income.
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6 Sri Lankan refugees detained in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The Q Branch of Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday detained six Sri Lankan refugees, including a child, in the state's coastal town of Rameswaram while they were trying to escape to their native country on Tuesday.
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Madurai: Sri Lankan refugees submit petitions to seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2 (ANI): More than 200 Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district for 29 years submitted petitions to collector's office on Monday to seek the Indian citizenship.
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India to repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 9 (ANI): India will repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees on Tuesday under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme.
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Sri Lankan refugees welcome DMK's poll promise on citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu have welcomed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's promise of citizenship if the party is voted to power in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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DMK manifesto promises release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers, citizenship for
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Mar 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday released its poll manifesto and promised efforts to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
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