{"id":42091,"date":"2015-03-07T05:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T12:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=42091"},"modified":"2015-03-07T05:32:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T12:32:17","slug":"restore-the-naval-cordon-in-the-northern-seas-immediately-and-end-illegal-immigration-from-tamil-nadu-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/03\/07\/restore-the-naval-cordon-in-the-northern-seas-immediately-and-end-illegal-immigration-from-tamil-nadu-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Restore the Naval Cordon in the Northern Seas Immediately and End illegal Immigration from Tamil Nadu Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Sri Lankan Patriot’ <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Since this new Government has come to power, the naval cordon in the Northern seas has been removed. This has created a dangerous precedent and today, Indian fishermen are fishing illegally in Northern Sri Lankan waters using large trawlers and illegal fishing methods which will soon become devoid of any fish to speak of as a result.<\/p>\n

What is already very clear is that there are no fish left on the Indian side of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) due to large trawlers fishing in these waters using illegal fishing methods by Indian fishermen. They intend doing the same on the Sri Lankan side of the IMBL soon. Very soon, as result, there will be no fish left in the Northern seawaters of Sri Lanka. Therefore, the Naval cordon in the Northern seas should be restored immediately and any Indian fishermen who cross the IMBL should be arrested immediately.<\/p>\n

Additionally there is the very grave threat of illegal immigration of South Indian Tamils from Tamil Nadu illegally migrating into Sri Lanka, now for quite some time, possibly for three decades or all the time the war was on. My opinion is that Prabhakaran let a large number of illegal migrants from Tamil Nadu settle in the North over the years. It is so easy to obtain forged NI cards, birth certificates that I think the illegal migrants can easily obtain these for a few thousand rupees.<\/p>\n

I am not against immigration. However, I am against illegal immigration. I think if Sri Lanka as a whole decides to let immigrants in, this should be carried out legally. We can have a system such as in more advanced countries where skilled migrants are encouraged to settle in Sri Lanka from all over the world. However this type of system should be open to all the world. South Indians from Tamil Nadu have no right whatsoever to settle in Sri Lanka illegally and this should be stopped immediately by restoring the Naval cordon around the Northern waters and strictly enforcing this cordon for as long as necessary.<\/p>\n

When looking at the numbers of the 1981 and the 2012 census, in 1981, there were 12.7% Sri Lanka Tamils. However even in the 2012 census there is still 11.3% Sri Lankan Tamils. How is this possible when around 1.2 million Sri Lankan Tamils have left for greener pastures in Western Countries such as Canada, the EU, UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and India and the like by claiming asylum? The figure 1 to 1.2 million can be easily checked by adding up estimates in each of these individual countries. This means from the original 12.7%, around 6% should have left which means there should only be 6.7% Sri Lanka Tamils left in Sri Lanka. Assuming that around 0.3% Indian Tamils have from 1981 to 2012 identified themselves as Sri Lankan Tamils (since from around 5.1% in 1981 the Indian Tamil population has reduced to around 4.8% in the 2012 census), this still should mean there should only be 7% Sri Lankan Tamils. Let us assume that some people living in Jaffna and Batticaloa have registered in both Colombo and Jaffna and Batticaloa, effectively being double counted in the 2012 census (which by itself is illegal). Assuming even that\u00a0a few thousand people\u00a0has been double counted, this should still mean there should only be\u00a0a little more than 7%\u00a0Sri Lankan Tamils in the country. However there are 11.3% Sri Lankan Tamils according to the 2012 census. This can only be explained by illegal immigration from Tamil Nadu. If from 12.7% in 1981, Sri Lankan Tamils are now 11.3%, then only 1.4% of Sri Lankan Tamils should be living in Western Countries and India or around 300,000 people. However we know for a fact that at least 1 to 1.2 million Sri Lankan Tamils have left for greener pastures in Western countries such as Canada, the EU, UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and to India claiming asylum. So the numbers simply do not add up. The only explanation is illegal immigration from Tamil Nadu. I am sure during the LTTE times, much illegal immigration from Tamil Nadu happened and was encouraged by Prabhakaran and the LTTE. Only bogus NI cards and birth certificates are needed for this. Can someone, an expert,\u00a0explain this discrepancy in numbers to the\u00a0Sri Lankan people\u00a0immediately?<\/p>\n

If this illegal immigration is left unchecked, how is this going to affect the rest of Sri Lankan society? Illegal immigration is a criminal offence and has to be stopped immediately. South Indians from Tamil Nadu have no right whatsoever to settle in Sri Lanka illegally and this should be stopped immediately by restoring the Naval cordon around Northern waters and strictly enforcing this cordon for as long as necessary. The Yakage Palanaya Government should realise that it is a paramount responsibility of any Government to safeguard the borders of its country in the strictest way possible. Therefore, the Sri Lankan Navy should be provided a free hand and given all powers necessary to stop illegal immigration completely especially from Tamil Nadu and India.<\/p>\n

I wish that the Government stops once and for all doing things the way\u00a0India wants and do things which are right for Sri Lanka alone. I wish India is told to lay off Sri Lanka once and for all and told to get lost and stay away.<\/p>\n

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‘Sri Lankan Patriot’ Since this new Government has come to power, the naval cordon in the Northern seas has been removed. This has created a dangerous precedent and today, Indian fishermen are fishing illegally in Northern Sri Lankan waters using large trawlers and illegal fishing methods which will soon become devoid of any fish to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}