Refugees and Repatriates in Tamil Nadu : A Sri Lankan Perspective

Cet article propose de mettre en perspective deux groupes de populations tamoules originaires de Sri Lanka aux trajectoires migratoires, statuts administratifs, sociaux et économiques distincts. D’un côté des Tamouls indiens rapatriés du Sri Lanka à la citoyenneté indienne, de l’autre des réfugiés tamouls sri-lankais. La comparaison de ces deux groupes a pour ambition de questionner leur expérience exilique respective.This article deals with a comparison between two groups of Sri Lankan Tamils : the Sri Lankan Tamils refugees and the repatriates in Tamil Nadu. Based on primary data collected through different field, this article explore the issue of marginalization, limitation and exclusion processes that affected these two groups and try to explore their exile experience. By using interviews in order to reveal their life story, this article shows that the practices of these groups produce in-between spaces