{"id":34909,"date":"2014-11-12T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=34909"},"modified":"2014-11-12T01:54:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T06:54:00","slug":"survey-of-520-sri-lankan-tamil-refugee-families-in-india-shows-67-dont-want-to-return-and-23-want-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=34909","title":{"rendered":"Survey of 520 Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee Families in India Shows 67% Dont Want to Return and 23% want to Return."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Pheroze L. Vincent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A survey by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, among the one-lakh-odd Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India has found that 67 per cent of them want to remain in India.<\/p>\n<p>Only 23 per cent of the 520 families surveyed wanted to return to the island nation, while four per cent wanted to migrate to a third country where they had relations, said the TISS survey. <\/p>\n<p>The study titled \u2018Exploring Durable Solutions for Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India\u2019 was released by Rafael Garcia, Country-Director of Adventist Development and Relief Agency, India, at the India International Centre here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The most preferred destinations for those who want to go back are Mannar and Vavuniya. Their top three priorities are basic amenities and livelihood opportunities followed by safety.<\/p>\n<p>Although 48.2 per cent of those who wish to return said they needed assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), only 12 per cent of them have approached the agency. K.M. Parivelan, who led the study, said this was because the UNHCR puts them on a flight home and does not provide the logistics for them to take their belongings back. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Over 1 lakh refugees still in Tamil Nadu<\/p>\n<p>S. Vijay Kumar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Over one lakh Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are still in Tamil Nadu and many more are believed to be residing in the State without registering themselves with the police. The Government of India has so far spent about Rs. 667 crore for the relief of the refugees and the expenses continue in the form of cash dole, subsidised ration, clothing, utensils, medical care and educational assistance.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, more than 3 lakh refugees entered India in different phases between 1983 and 2012 due to the ethnic conflict. While 99,469 were repatriated to Sri Lanka till 1995, some refugees left to other countries on their own. After 1995, there was no organised repatriation, and as on February, 2014, there were 65,570 refugees in 113 camps in the State and about 34,788 refugees staying on their own outside the camps after registering with the local police. <\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton34909\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D34909&amp;text=Survey%20of%20520%20Sri%20Lankan%20Tamil%20Refugee%20Families%20in%20India%20Shows%2067%25%20Dont%20Want%20to%20Return%20and%2023%25%20want%20to%20Return.&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Pheroze L. Vincent A survey by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, among the one-lakh-odd Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India has found that 67 per cent of them want to remain in India. 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