Tamil Tiger Activities in UK

UK Tamils polarised but powerful

The Tamil community has transformed East Ham's High Street

By Samanthi Dissanayake
BBC News

For one bitter-sweet moment when he wakes up each morning, Anand believes he is still in Sri Lanka.
When a ferocious war between the Sinhalese-dominated government and Tamil Tiger rebels fighting for a separate homeland arrived at his doorstep in 1993, he fled to Britain.

Anand says he would like to return to Sri Lanka
"In my dreams, I go to Sri Lanka. I see my mother who is dead now. I see my old job," he says.
As evening draws in he listens to the radio for news of war, a clue as to where his future lies. "I don't feel British. When the problem is solved I will return."
But exactly how this problem should be solved is where another set of problems for Britain's close-knit Sri Lankan Tamil community begins.
They are articulate and organised campaigners but fear of being criminalised as a community, internal divisions, and the effects of a far-away war are taking a toll on refugees like Anand.

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[nooramith]

@jinujee Very well said !!!!

[nooramith]

@Tamilonthestreet Well said !!!!

[mrimase1]

hope that the tigers get back up they we are hindus andim a north indian lets stick together india should be helpinh the tamil tigers

[jinujee]

@justthefactsmister - Please UK, keep these tamils and i wil send the rest of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. We dont want them anymoe.. U can keep if u want, else send them to canada or norway.. We need to live in peace....!!!!!

[Anorchous]

@justthefactsmister who the fuck are you to tell hard working TAX PAYING CITZENS to go home?!

[jimbob202019]

look i dont give a fuck what anyone says, if they are tamil tigers THEN THEY ARE NOT HINDUS.

tamil tigers are just another GANG, they dont hate other races they are just fucking total idiots.

whats so different about these idiots is that they dont blow up things LIKE MUSLIMS ALWAYS DO.

but they are not hindus, and they will never be classed as that.

tell a tamil tiger that and that will stop him in his tracks lol hinduism made buddha, both of them faiths are the same.

UNLIKE ISLAM

[justthefactsmister]

NO MORE TAMILS IN THE UK!!! If you don't like our country go home!

[Tamilonthestreet]

There will never be a LTTE again as long as we need to live in Wellawatta peacefully ! We dont need foreign money to shape our lives ! Those who want Eelam please come home and fight for it ! Or even better send your sons and daughters to fight for you !

Dont send money here to restart the Bus Bombs !