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	The '''Expulsion of the Tamils from Colombo''' is considered as a tantamount to the ] by the government of Sri Lanka.<ref name=AFP>{{cite news\|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070607/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankapoliticsunrestrights_070607124831\| title= Sri Lanka police evict ethnic Tamils from capital \| date= ] \| publisher = ] \| first = Jayasinghe \| last = Amal \| accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref>

	This incident happened when at least 400<ref name='GU1'>{{cite news \| first=BHARATHA \| last=MALLAWARACHI \| title=Court halts expulsion of Tamils \| date=2007-06-08 \| publisher=BBC \| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6732961.stm \| work = \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref> Tamils were evicted by the Police on June 2007. The police have said that these people were staying in Colombo without a valid reason.<ref name=AP>{{cite news\|url=http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/sri-lanka-accused-of-ethnic-cleansing-as/n20070607092309990001\| title= Sri Lanka accused of ethnic cleansing as over 400 Tamils evicted from capital\| date= ] \| publisher = ] \| first = Francis\| last = Krishan \| accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref>The evicted were sent back to ], ], ] and ].<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Lanka_SC_steps_in_halts_eviction_of_Tamils_from_Colombo/articleshow/2108797.cms</ref>

	==Expulsion==
	{{Sri Lankan Conflict}}
	The police stormed many low-budget hostels in the Tamil-majority areas of Colombo and asked the people to leave in the middle of the night. They were then put into buses and were sent away from Colombo. The police have said that this mass evication was needed to prevent any more bomb attacks from the ]. <ref name=BBC>{{cite news \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6729555.stm\| title = Police evict Tamils from Colombo \| date= ] \| publisher = BBC \| accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref>
	The ministry also added the attacks were planned and executed from the lodgings. However, some of the evicted people were there for medical reasons.<ref name=AFP>{{cite news\|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070607/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankapoliticsunrestrights_070607124831\| title= Sri Lanka police evict ethnic Tamils from capital \| date= ] \| publisher = ] \| first = Jayasinghe \| last = Amal \| accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>

	==Concern==
	A local media rights group has called this an act of ethnic cleansing. The group also said that this type of act reminds people of what "Hitler did to the Jews" .<ref name=AFP>{{cite news\|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070607/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankapoliticsunrestrights_070607124831\| title= Sri Lanka police evict ethnic Tamils from capital \| date= ] \| publisher = ] \| first = Jayasinghe \| last = Amal \| accessdate = 2006-10-01 }}</ref>
	Others Rights group have said that this could be the start of ethnic cleansing campaign by the Srilankan Government.<ref name=AP>{{cite news\|url=http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/sri-lanka-accused-of-ethnic-cleansing-as/n20070607092309990001\| title= Sri Lanka accused of ethnic cleansing as over 300 Tamils evicted from capital\| date= ] \| publisher = ] \| first = FRANCIS\| last = KRISHAN \| accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref>
	Further eight more rights group had written a open letter to the president and has claimed that act was 'a flagrant violation of (freedom of movement) and a disgrace to humanity'. <ref name=INAS>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/srilanka/20070607/55214.htm\| title= Mass expulsion of Tamils from Colombo denounced\| date= ] \| publisher = INAS \| first = \| last = \| accessdate = 2007-06-07 }}</ref>
	The United States has also condemn this human right violations by the government <ref name=US>{{cite news\|url=http://colombo.usembassy.gov\| title= The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils\| date= ] \| publisher = \| first = \| last = \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref>

	== Reaction ==
	Sri Lanka Supreme Court on ] ] issued an injunction to the ] to stop the evacuation of residents of Colombo lodges as a reaction for the fundamental rights petition of the Center for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka (CPA).<ref name='GU1'/><ref>{{cite news \| title=Sri Lanka Supreme Court orders to stop evacuation of ethnic Tamils from Colombo lodges \| date=2007-06-08 \| url =http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/June8102839SL.html \| work =ColomboPage \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| title=SC issues Interim Order against forcible transportation of Tamil lodgers \| date=2007-06-08 \| publisher=Free Media Movement \| url =http://lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=4239 \| work =LankaeNews \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 }}</ref>

	As a result of this Police boarded, 185<ref name='FMM1'>{{cite news \| title=Those chased from Colombo yesterday brought back to Colombo today \| date=2007-06-08 \| publisher=Free Media Movement \| url =http://lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=4240 \| work =LankaeNews \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 \| }}</ref> out of 270<ref>{{cite news \| title=Those chased from Colombo yesterday brought back to Colombo today \| date=2007-06-08 \| publisher=Free Media Movement \| url =http://lankaenews.com/Sinhala/news.php?id=2496 \| work =LankaeNews \| accessdate = 2007-06-08 \| language = Sinhala }}</ref> who evicted from ] to ] on 5 buses to bring them back to Colombo.<ref name='FMM1'/>

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