{
  "id": 13590161,
  "title": "Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu seek citizenship, passports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/lankan-refugees-in-tamil-nadu-seek-citizenship-passports",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T23:45:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/lankan-refugees-in-tamil-nadu-seek-citizenship-passports/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Tamil Nadu State Government recently inaugurated a library in a Sri Lankan Tamil rehabilitation camp in Thoothukudi district, reported The Hindu. The camp, situated in Thappathi in Thoothukudi district, has 300 houses under construction at a cost of INR 20.62 crore. Tamil Nadu State Government Minister for Non Resident Tamils Welfare, K. Thennarasu, inaugurated the library. The residents of the Thappathi camp expressed their desire to Indianize Sri Lankan Tamils residing in camps across Tamil Nadu. The camp president, K. Ananthraj, submitted a petition to the Minister, urging the government to grant Indian citizenship and issue passports. The residents highlighted their prolonged refugee status in 103 locations across Tamil Nadu for the past 36 years. They sought the government's intervention to construct houses for all families in the camps, enable them to purchase houses and lands, and extend the Chief Minister’s health insurance scheme to them. The residents also demanded the establishment of playgrounds and provision of sports equipment in all rehabilitation camps.",
  "summary": "Tamil Nadu State Government Minister for Non Resident Tamils Welfare K. Thennarasu on Thursday inaugurated a library built at a cost of INR 20 lakh at Sri Lankan Tamils Rehabilitation Camp at Thappathi in Thoothukudi district, reported The Hindu. The Hindu report said: Following the inauguration, Thennarasu inspected the 300 houses being constructed at the […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "PM Modi to launch Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2, to share ride with Tamil Nadu CM Vijay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/pm-modi-to-launch-chennai-metro-rail-phase-2-to-share-ride-with-tamil",
        "published": "2026-10-10T18:40:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}