Remove us from definition of ‘illegal migrant’, Sri Lankan nationals request Prime Minister

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A conception of Sri Lankan nationals surviving successful camps successful Tamil Nadu, has launched a run requesting the Prime Minister of India to remove them from the explanation of “illegal migrant” successful the Citizenship Act, 1955. The unfastened missive to the PM further sought for providing them a “pathway to use and conferring with Indian citizenship taking information of our prolonged exile status.”

N. Saravanan, residing successful Minnur campy successful Tirupattur territory said the inmates expressed their gratitude for granting the Sri Lankan nationals successful India, an exemption from penal provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 done order issued connected September 1, 2025 by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. “We, the Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee assemblage residing successful Tamil Nadu, wish to explicit our heartfelt acknowledgment to the Prime Minister and the Government of India for the compassionate determination for granting america alleviation longing for four decades.”

“We are carrying retired a run successful each camps crossed Tamil Nadu. Vinothan of Paramathi campy successful Namakkal territory and Anitha of Thiruvathavur campy successful Madurai territory and respective different volunteers are starring the run successful each the camps,” Mr. Saravanan said.

The determination reflected India’s enduring values of compassion, justness and humanity enshrined successful the conception of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, a transcript of their missive to the PM said. “We are surviving peacefully successful India for much than 40 years, contributing to societal improvement and respecting the instrumentality of the onshore with utmost honour. We are a portion of the societal and taste cloth of India. We are having beardown bonding and emotion here.”

In the letter, they requested the Prime Minister of India to kindly see and instrumentality enactment for removing america from the explanation of “illegal migrant” successful the Citizenship Act, 1955 and supply america a pathway to use & conferring with Indian Citizenship taking information of our prolonged exile status. They further requested for continued compassion, understanding, and committedness to justice. “We stay assured that nether your visionary leadership, a imperishable and dignified solution volition beryllium achieved for the Sri Lankan Tamil exile assemblage successful India.”

Published - December 07, 2025 08:07 p.m. IST

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