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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2017-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2004-2005 OPF Yearbook (PDF)
- ↑ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2019/07/29/sri-lanka-anti-muslim-backlash-evicted-refugees-search-safe-homes
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/world/asia/sri-lankas-muslims.html
- ↑ https://groundviews.org/2019/05/04/refugee-crisis-in-sri-lanka-after-the-east-sunday-bombings/
- ↑ High Life - A Pakistani in Sri Lanka
