Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi founder T.Velmurugan has appealed to the Centre not to adopt any tactic to compulsorily send back the Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka.
In a statement here, he said that during the recent meeting of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera in New Delhi, the topic of sending back the Tamil refugees to the island nation was said to have figured prominently.
Such a focussed approach on the refugee issue had created apprehension among the Tamil diaspora that there might be an element of compulsion involved in sending the refugees back .
Mr. Velmuguran underscored the point that the change of regime, following the election of Maithripala Sirisena as President, was yet to instill confidence among the Tamils about their well being on the Sri Lankan soil.
The Tamils left Sri Lanka in duress, leaving behind their property and relatives to escape from the ethnic cleansing and sought refuge in Tamil Nadu. But the so-called special camps set up for them in the State were no better than prisons as they lacked basic amenities.
