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Sri Lanka emerging from the darkness of war : Comments

By Julie Bishop, published 7/2/2013

One school we visited in the town of Kilinochchi had 36 students studying in a makeshift classroom at the end of the war, but today has over 2000 students enrolled.

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There is no reason at all why any Sri Lankans have any right to be in India where they are not protected under the refugee convention.

Will you stop your boring racist attacks on innocent people?
Posted by Marilyn Shepherd, Thursday, 7 February 2013 6:33:17 PM
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<<There is no reason at all why any Sri Lankans have any right to be in India where they are not protected under the refugee convention.>>

Yet THOUSANDS did go to India-and they did get “protection”.

While the crafty ones –those after something else –came to OZ.

Wake up Marilyn, you are aiding and abetting one of the biggest baddest scams around.
Posted by SPQR, Friday, 8 February 2013 5:58:01 AM
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Wow, Marilyn Shepard's "chased down, raped and killed" claim seems to indicate she knows much more than Amnesty International, United Nations Refugee Agency and Human Rights Watch who would only say the army has heavily militarized the north, restricted access to certain lands and not allowed the tamils to have their own government. None of them would say anything about a major chase down rape and kill process going on in the North. Do tell us your sources, oh enlightened one? Tamilnet (the Tamil source) doesn't say anything about people constantly being chased down, raped and killed either.

And how racist of you Shepard, the TAMILS of TAMIL NADU in India can't protect the TAMILS in Sri Lanka (who share the same culture and language) only WHITES can (like you and your socialist aussies). Soo patronizing..
Posted by CaptainPrimo, Friday, 8 February 2013 6:31:43 AM
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@SPQR

Do you think the only assessment the Australian Government does to grant an asylum seeker protection is based on verbal questioning? As a minimum, you don't think there will be perhaps medical checks and psychologists/psychiatrists to verify claims? Most Australians are the fairest people on earth and this country wouldn't be as great as it is if the analytics didn't progress past a basic first level.

Also @SPQR, do you really think India had "protected" the thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils that have crossed the Palk Strait sometime during the war? Wait..first of all, what is your definition of "protection"? Being in a refugee camp as a permanent resident is unfortunately not "protection" in most people's eyes. Some asylum seekers have been languishing in these camps since they first stepped foot in India (more than 10 years ago). Any isolation from the war could be seen as "protection", but if asylum is not granted then there is no future for these people.

After hearing that the war has ended, enticed by UN monetary assistance (as you claim) to start their lives over and when these people have had "nothing" for years, then there is only one alternative option and that is to head back to their lands (because they would have no homes) in Northern and Eastern Sri-Lanka. I'm sure however, many would remain in India if asylum was granted by the Indian government.

We also don't know whether these thousands are voluntarily heading back to their lands. After all India did aid and abet the war on the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

It would be hard to believe that these Tamil people have open access to all forms of news like you and I to establish whether it is safe to go back home? They probably only know the basic news and the news the Indian government want them to hear - the news the Sri Lankan government wants the world to hear.
Posted by OnlyTruth, Sunday, 10 February 2013 10:55:13 AM
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@CaptainPrimo

First of all..please don't place the names of independent world organizations and movements that work tirelessly to uphold the rights of people all over the world in incorrect statements. If you actually did a simple "google" with the correct key words you'll have all the information you need to retract your misinformed claims. Even Hilary Clinton in her speech when she chaired the UN Security Council meeting on September 30, 2009, mentioned that rape in Sri Lanka "as a tactic of war".

I think Marylyn in her own words was just stating that rape of Tamil women in the North and East of Sri Lanka is widespread. What do you expect when the North and East of Sri Lanka is heavily militarized? I'm sure you're aware of this, but in 2007 the UN sent home about 100 Sri Lankan Peacekeepers for sexual abuse (including that of under-age children) during their Peacekeeping efforts in Haiti. If a certain percent of Sri Lankan troops do things like this in a foreign country under the watch of the UN, imagine what a certain percentage of the Sri Lankan military are doing in Sri Lanka.

Also, how strong is your understanding of Indian politics? Do you think that Tamil Nadu has such an influence over the Indian Central Government that it is able to convince the ICG to change national laws to protect the Sri Lankan Tamils seeking asylum? I'm sorry to say that even this topic is not a priority to most Tamil Nadu citizens, so how can one expect national laws to change to protect the Sri Lankan Tamils.

India can't even look after it's own citizens, how do you expect her to help Sri Lankan Tamils? Again India was aiding and abetting the war on Sri Lankan Tamils, so again why would they help?
Posted by OnlyTruth, Sunday, 10 February 2013 11:49:15 AM
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