The strong protest lodged by Sri Lankan government with the Great Britain over its backdoor and public interactions with Tamil rebels have once again mounted Lanka’s concerns that some terrorist leaders could seek asylum in Britain to pose a grave threat to regional as well as global peace.
The incident has questioned the uncalled for interference of UK in South Asian region.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s meeting with the leaders of Global Tamil Forum had backfired earlier this week triggering massive protests with hundreds of Sri Lankans gathering outside the British High Commission in Colombo to flay Britain’s support for GTF, a shadow organisation of LTTE. However, the British authorities have kept mum over the issue and senior diplomats of the British High Commission here are reluctant to give their on-the-record version in this regard.
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan on Thursday agreed that some miscreants in the garb of asylum-seekers could take refuge in the UK that could pose a serious security challenge.
“Yes absolutely, if terrorists get asylum in Britain as civilian immigrants, it could pose grave security challenges,” Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody said in response to this scribes’ enquiries in the backdrop of the chances of relocation of Tamil rebels to the Britain. The particular meeting arranged in this regard aimed at serving the same purpose while the GTF leaders have been intensively deliberating with the British authorities for their safe passage to the UK.
“I don’t think that the Britain is promoting terrorism but if somebody tries to organise the terror elements or the relics of crushed Tamil rebels, it is not only a cause of concern for us but for every country as it could endanger world’s peace,” the Envoy said. He said that the LTTE was completely defeated and its key leaders were killed and arrested while some had absconded but aiding or organising these elements would be very counterproductive,” he cautioned.
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