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Australia tightens noose on Lankan visa applicants
Wednesday, 1 August 2007 - 6:55 AM SL Time
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The Australian government has tightened the noose on Sri Lankan visa applicants, especially those seeking student visas, in the wake of the ongoing conflict in the country and has also updated its travel advisory to Australian tourists asking them to reconsider the need to visit the country.The Daily Mirror learns the Austrlian High Commission in Colombo has rejected several visa applications from students, mostly Tamil students from the north and east, seeking to enter Australia for higher education purposes on the basis that they may try to stay back illegally.
`I have considered the current economic and political situation in your home country, Sri Lanka and in particular your place of origin,
Manipay which is heavily affected by ongoing conflict. I believe that the current situation in Sri Lanka would act as a significant incentive for you to remain in Australia beyond your proposed period of stay..,` the High Commission said in a letter to one of the applicants from Jaffna, a copy of which was obtained by the Daily Mirror.
Meanwhile the Australian government, in a travel advice on Sri Lanka updated last week, says there is a volatile security situation and very high risk of terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka adding that attacks occur frequently and further attacks can happen at any time, anywhere in Sri Lanka.
The travel advice draws reference to the statement released by the Defence Ministry last week encouraging heightened vigilance by members of the public, citing intelligence reports indicating that the LTTE had deployed vehicle bombs to attack Colombo.
`Attacks could occur at any time and in any place, including infrastructure associated with the Sri Lankan Government such as military establishments, public transport, airports, sea ports, oil depots and public buildings, as well as political offices of anti-LTTE Tamil organisations. Nearby locations could sustain collateral damage. Potentially affected locations also include shopping malls, clubs, hotels, restaurants, bars, movie theatres, schools, places of worship, embassies, tourist areas (including national parks), markets and outdoor recreation areas, major sporting events and religious festivals,` the latest travel advice said.
The Australian government further adds that there has been a significant escalation in the number of serious incidents of politically motivated violence, including in tourist areas in the centre and south of the country and warns that the security situation could deteriorate further without warning.
It also says that due to the on-going conflict, the international airport could be closed without warning and commercial aircraft could be at risk, particularly at night. `In light of the increased threat, some airlines have suspended flights to Colombo or changed flight schedules suspending commercial late night flights. We recommend you contact your airline to confirm flight details.`
The Australian government warns that according to recent reports terrorists may be planning suicide attacks against the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Sir Chitampalam A Gardiner Mawatha in central Colombo and the main SLAF fighter wing at Katunayake, collocated with Bandaranaike International Airport.
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vamp4
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1 Aug 2007 02:50:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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At last you have realized the truth. These country less Tamils are ?pain in the neck? not only for Sinhalese but for the whole world. Do not issue visa for Tamils also deport the Tamils who are there already.
No no do not deport them these buggers will ruin our job opportunities in Sri lanka.
And also it seems High Commissioner can be bought.
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1 Aug 2007 04:18:00 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vamp4,
It's because of people like you that the country is the way it is. |
raigamakolla
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1 Aug 2007 04:41:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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When it comes to cheating, corruption, deception, incompetence, stealing, we, sinhalase, comes first beating any other ethnic group in Slanka.
As many as tamils there are sinhalase seeking political asylum in countries like Australia, canada, Uk, Usa, and europe giving any shred of evidence they can produce. For example, they claim to be JVP and say goverment is seeking to kill them. some of them claim to be sLFP and say UNp is trying to kill them. Some of them claim to be UNp and say SLFP and jvP are trying to kill them. I have met thousands of them in those countries when I did a study on 'asylum seekers from Slanka-the truth and the fiction' for my doctorates.
The cheating at highest order was committed by CBK when she produced false qualifications to the UNESCO which when challenged by Victor Ivon were found to be false and she got the sack.
Jivan Kumarathunga, a minister was involved in a large scale international fraud.
In many cases, money has been printed illegally by Buddhist monks.
Not long ago, we read in local news papers about a racket perpetrated by a monk. He was about to take 23 non monks to Japan on an invitation for a 'pirith' chanting. he was going to leave them behind in Japan for jobs.
Not long ago, we hared about the cultural exchange scam. |
raigamakolla
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1 Aug 2007 06:19:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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When it comes to corruption, frauds, crook deals, deception, cheating, stealing, sheady deals,forgery, etc., we, sinhalase, are ahead of other communities.
CBK, former President of Slanka, herself cheated with her qualifications. When victor ivon raised the issue the UNESCO sacked her.
Jivan kumarathunga was involved in a bogus visa scam.
A monk in balangoda was involved in sending disguised monks to Japan for jobs.
Many buddhist monks have been involved in money printing.
There are thousands of sinhalae youth seeking reguee status in other countries, claiming that they are under threat of one sort of another.
The list if really long. So, any country, even Bangladashe should be wiser to have strict visa controls when it comes to Slankans.
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Mucha-linda
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1 Aug 2007 06:37:29 GMT Report for Abuse
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RAIGAMAKOLLA,
Can you kindly tell us the University that awarded you a doctorate so that rest of can be sure that no one else goes through the same University that offered someone like you a doctorate?
-Muchalinda
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Damed
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1 Aug 2007 07:26:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Lankan passport holders getting a VVIP treatment in Asia too.
LTTE and Sinhala/Muslim human smugglers and Lankan Government Institutions from Gramasevaka on wards upto immigration are responsible for current situation.
I have met Non Srilankan Asians traveling from lankan passports. |
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1 Aug 2007 10:24:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vamp4
You are too extreme in your thoughts and anti-tamil. My friend, a sizeable sinhalese buddhish are descendant of tamil buddhist.
Watch-out you may have a tamil blood-line. Do you hate your great,great,great grandpa.
Try to become generous, the life is too short to harbour rancours. |
sunawij
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1 Aug 2007 11:00:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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GUYS::::
See the commical comments from CDB (CowDungBoy = RaiGOmaKolla)
There are thousands of sinhalese around the world in other contries mosltly applied on merit basis - USA, Aus, Uk set examples for this.
Only Tamils apply the 'threat' theory nowadays and jump to a safe 'terrorirts heaven' in the west then carry out all the crimes with the crooks nature they learnet from LTTE.
All sinhalese must have faced the 'bitter' immigration experience in immigration counters overseas. Once the office takes your passport, they see its SriLanka, and asks 'whats your name' (Though its shown on the PP). Going forward, he would ask 'are you a TAMIL?'.
Sadly TAMILS brought a very bad name to SriLanka, Tamils are mostly known around the world as..
Homicide Bombers
Criminals
Credit card scammers
Extotunists
Money launders,
TERRORISTS belong to world's No 2 TERRORISTS outfit.
Australia was too late to do this. UK, USA and others too will follow the suit.
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Edited By - sunawij - 1 Aug 2007 11:00:41 GMT |
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1 Aug 2007 11:14:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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JVP terrorists who have received refugee status in the UK, Austrailia, Canada, etc. are tamils or sinhalase?? And what merit they have than tamils??/
Have we not read in newspapers how sinhalase get smuggled themselves into western countries through various ways.
I met more than 100 sinhalase boys in Manhattan, NY, who had come to USA through various ways. One of them came from Canada in a car boot, hard to believe but it happend. he was still living in NY two years after while his case was being heared.
Sinhalase have brought a bad name to slanka much more than tamils. Tamils have reasons to leave the country because they cannot get a fair deal from sinhalase. But sinhalase leave for pure economic reasons. The real economic migrants are sinhalasse not tamils.
As a matter of fact, it was educated tamils who migrated in early 1950s who opend the door for sinhalase also to migrate through merit systems.
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