Document #1106334
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information specific to Burghers married
to Sinhalese who are members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
is currently available to the IRBDC in Ottawa. Please note,
however, that the JVP is reportedly not very strong in the Sinhala
Christian areas [ Matthews B. "The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and
the Politics of the Underground in Sri Lanka", Round Table,
no. 312, July 1989, p. 428; this article is already attached to
your information request LKA4184 of 9 February 1990.]. Most
Burghers are Christians and speak English, whereas the JVP insists
on the strength of their Sinhalese Buddhist culture.