the organisation was rendered completely combat ineffective in a permanent sense, in that the vast majority of their fighters were killed or detained, their infrastructure decimated and their territory occupied and dominated. He LTTE as a fighting force was destroyed in May 2009. Similarly, according to a researcher at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol, whose research focuses on post-war Sri Lanka and who conducted fieldwork in the country from 2012-2014, In correspondence with the Research Directorate, the Sri Lanka Project Director at International Crisis Group stated that "there is no evidence to indicate the LTTE still exists as an organisation anywhere in the world" (International Crisis Group 29 Feb. In its 2013 report, Freedom House indicates that in the territory previously controlled by the LTTE, " rule has been replaced by that of the army, which controls most aspects of daily life, including local government in some districts" (Freedom House 2013). In a 2013 country guidance case concerning appellants from Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom's Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), the body "responsible for handling appeals against decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) relating to visa applications, asylum applications and the right to enter or stay in the UK" (UK n.d.), found that "he LTTE in Sri Lanka itself is a spent force and there have been no terrorist incidents since the end of the civil war" (UK 5 July 2013, para. Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Sri Lanka : information sur les activités des Tigres de libération de l'Eelam tamoul (TLET) au Sri Lanka, y compris les arrestations information indiquant si les TLET ont été responsables d'actes d'extorsion, de disparitions ou de bombardements depuis que le gouvernement les a démantelés si les TLET ont la capacité de se reconstituer au Sri Lanka (2010-février 2016)Ĭanada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Activity of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, including arrests, whether LTTE members have been responsible for extortion, disappearances or bombings since the government defeated the LTTE, and whether the LTTE has the capacity to regroup within Sri Lanka (2010-Feb.
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