‘Lankan illegals’ not refugees

With nearly 1.7 million Sri Lankans working abroad, and foreign employment impacting nearly 23 percent of our population, the migration discourse has long been of utmost importance to Sri Lanka. As Sri Lankans from even the remotest areas migrate for work abroad, their remittances have become a driving force on poverty alleviation and rural development.

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So, what can Provincial Councils really do?

One of the main problems we have had with regard to devolution is the failure of our law makers to draft legislation properly. The 13th Amendment is a case in point, since it is full of confusion about how power should be exercised. The most obvious example of this is in relation to what is termed the Concurrent List, where the Constitution says that, where there is conflict, the decision of the Central Government will prevail.

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INGO dollar operative at work again

Yet another dollar paid INGO operative is now writing adverse reports about Sri Lanka - -and mind you, while simultaneously working for the United States High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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