Senators Statement: Remembering the Tamils in Sri Lanka
November 27 is a very important day for Tamils both in Sri Lanka and in the many countries they now call home. It is a day they remember with deep pain and sadness the 26 year long civil war in Sri Lanka in which over hundred thousand Tamils were killed and the more than 60 years of systematic Sri Lankan state orchestrated brutality towards them.
In previous years I have been able to join the community in Sydney in their grieving. The horror of the 2009 war has left deep lasting scars.
This year I will be in Parliament. My heart and thoughts are with the Tamils in Sri Lanka, in the diaspora and those that have escaped as asylum seekers to try to find refuge and peace in another country.
The Tamils await justice and freedom. I commend their hard work, commitment, integrity and resolve and truly believe that one day this will be realised.