STATUS: At least 70,000 people have been killed over three decades of freedom struggle between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). 900,000 Tamil refugees have fled Sri Lanka to Canada, America, Britain, India, Australia, many European countries and many other countries in the world. Another 500,000 Tamils fled their homes within Sri Lanka and languishing in temporary shelters in the North and East of Sri Lanka without proper basic facilities, food and medicines.