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Sri Lanka declares thousands missing from civil war are dead

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Tamil families are still searching for relatives who disappeared in the civil war. Source: SBS

Sri Lanka’s president has confirmed that tens of thousands of people missing since the end of the country’s civil war are dead, with formal death certificates to be issued to their families. It’s a major blow for those who have spent years searching for missing loved ones. That story by Aaron Fernandes and Amy Hall for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.


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Sri Lanka’s president has confirmed that tens of thousands of people missing since the end of the country’s civil war are dead, with formal death certificates to be issued to their families. It’s a major blow for those who have spent years searching for missing loved ones. That story by Aaron Fernandes and Amy Hall for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.



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