Sri Lanka/Singapore: Information on the smuggling of Tamils to Singapore
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA6202 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka/Singapore: Information on the smuggling of Tamils to Singapore, 1 July 1990, LKA6202, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaba54.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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No information on the smuggling of Tamils to Singapore is currently available to the IRBDC in Ottawa. An article on the Singaporean Indian community, however, indicates that the Sri Lankan Tamils remain socially apart from the rest of society (Balakrishnan, p.13). The penalties against illegal immigrants in Singapore, moreover, were recently increased to an important fine and a physical punishment (Sabatier, p.19). Over the past few years, Singapore has been trying to put an end to the flow of illegal immigrants from South Asia by imprisoning them and imposing visas on their entry into the island city ("Visa Protest").
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Balakrishnan, N.
"Singapore: More Indians are Looking for a Way Out; Ethnic Exodus", Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong], 10 May 1990, p.13.
Sabatier, Patrick
"Singapour: le sauve-qui-peut des clandestins face au supplice de la canne", Libération [Paris], 1-2 April 1989, p.19.
"Visa Protest", Far Eastern Economic Review, 9 October 1986, p.15.
