Document #1122250
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Discussing the areas of geographical and
institutional influence in Sri Lanka of the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelan (LTTE) Documentation Réfugiés
noted that the organization is established in Jafna Peninsula
particularly in Point Pedro, Velvettihrai, Avhuveli and the
northern districts of Mannar, Vavuniya, Killinochchi, Mullaitivu,
Trincomalee and Batticaloa (19-28 Aug. 1992, 9).
The source also mentions the town of
Vavuniya as an LTTE area of influence. Documentation
Réfugiés describes it as the beginning of "Tamil
country." North of Vavuniya the LTTE has set up a frontier post
where visas are demanded (Ibid.). The LTTE proclaimed its
government over the above-named northern and northeastern areas in
July 1991, and, with the exception of some pockets of
government-controlled areas, all of northern Sri Lanka is an
independent entity administered by the LTTE (Ibid., 10).
Additional and/or corroborative information
on the requested subject could not be found among the sources
currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Documentation-Réfugiés [Paris]. 19-28 August
1992. No. 193. "Sri Lanka : listes des mouvements."
Documentation-Réfugiés [Paris]. 19-28 August
1992. No. 193. "Sri Lanka : listes des mouvements," pp. 7-10.