Friday, March 6, 2009

Sri Lankan Makes Submission To Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Couple of weeks ago, nevertheless a must read!
Tue, 2009-02-24 05:57
New York, 24 February, (Asiantibune.com):

In a submission to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Anjalika Silva of the State of Maryland says her main concern is that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) is propagating false information about the country in order to benefit from Western nations with the best refugee and welfare programs.

The only method available to them to continue living in Western nations is by claiming that their lives are in danger if they return. They use the term "Genocide" to generate fear psychosis so that Western Governments will permit their asylum or refugee status to continue, she adds.

Losing refugee status for many of these people means a loss of income for the LTTE that has been extorting even funds from welfare programs for immigrants in unsuspecting western nations. If the war ends and the country returns to normalcy two things can happen:

Her detailed submission to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is holding hearing on Sri Lanka on Tuesday February 24, reads as follows:

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