Sri Lanka: Information on whether there was a Government Agent (GA) operating in Kilinochchi in 1994-95
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA25426.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Information on whether there was a Government Agent (GA) operating in Kilinochchi in 1994-95, 1 December 1996, LKA25426.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abdc8.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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A 17 March 1995 report by the Canadian High Commission in Sri Lanka states the following:
Since hostilities re-commenced in June 1990 the Jaffna peninsula and much of the rest of [the] Sri Lankan northern province have been under the de facto control of the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam].... Nevertheless, the structure of Sri Lankan civil administration remains in place: in each district of the northern province (Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya) a Government Agent (GA) acts as the senior servant and chief representative of the central government; beneath him is the entire structure of civil government extending down to the Grama Sevaka (Headman) at the village level (3).
For more information, please see the attached section from the Canadian High Commission report.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Canadian High Commission, Colombo. 17 March 1995. Questions From Ontario Region: Sri Lankan Conditions. Provided to the Documentation, Information and Research Branch by The International Services Group of Citizenship and Immigration.
Attachments
Canadian High Commission, Colombo. 17 March 1995. Questions From Ontario Region: Sri Lankan Conditions. Provided to the Documentation, Information and Research Branch by The International Services Group of Citizenship and Immigration, pp. 3-5.