SRI-LANKA

Citizenship Rights
- Many Tamils working in the tea plantations in Sri-Lanka were stateless
- Denied the basic right of voting
- Certain Tamils to be allowed back to India while others to be granted citizenship
- Agreement with India not carried out in full; many Tamils still stateless

Jobs in Government Service
- Language of Administration was solely Sinhalese
- English-speaking Tamils were given 3 years to learn Sinhala or be dismissed
- Tamils unable to secure jobs or be promoted
- Tamil made an official language
- Still not widely used though

University Admission
- Number of Sinhalese in university was not proportionate to population
- University admission criteria made so that it was harder for Tamils to enter university

Resettlement of Population
- Resettlement of poor Sinhalese peasants
- Tamils unhappy that Buddhist monks and members of the Sri-Lankan Army (largely Sinhalese) also gained access to their land

Consequences

Armed Conflict
- Tamily United Liberation Front (TULF) fpr independent state of Tamil Eelam
- Refused, the militant group of Liberation Tigers of Tamily Eelam (LTTE) was established
- Anti-Tamil riots encouraged by largely-Sinhalese Sri-Lankan Army

Unemployment
- Many breadwinners were killed
- Businesses and establishments were vandalized
- and burnt

Loss of Investments from Other Countries
- Loss of investment confidence

Fall in Number of Tourists
- Lack of safety
- Leading to less government income to develop amenities for the people

Foreign Intervention
- Indian dialogue failed as both sides cannot come to an agreement
- Peacekeeping troupe was withdrawn as clashes occurred between them and the Tamil Tigers