EDAL case summaries
Country of Decision: France
Country of Applicant: Sri Lanka
Keywords: Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Race, Subsidiary Protection, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Indiscriminate violence, Internal armed conflict
The situation of generalised violence resulting from a situation of internal armed conflict ended after the victory of the Sri Lankan army over the LTTE in May 2009. Furthermore, the fact that the applicant belonged to the Tamil community was not sufficient to justify his fears of persecution considering the situation which prevails in Sri Lanka, which cannot be seen as characterising a situation in which the destruction of a specific ethnic group is pursued, since the civilians of Tamil origin are not targeted for persecution by the governmental authorities solely for reason of their...
Date: 02-11-2010
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