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Human migration is not a new thing which started in recent time but it is a phenomenon, which
occurred in the ancient time due to many reasons. When the relationship is discussed about the
migration there are two sectors. They are internal migrations and international migrations. It can be
divided as legal migration and illegal migration as well. It is important to analyze illegal international
migrations in relation to Sri Lanka according to this research. When compared through new
developments more than the legal people migration, illegal people migration has increased gradually
in the world. It can be shown up that Illegal migration has increased gradually especially in a
developing country like Sri Lanka. There are reports that Tamil nationals have migrated to countries
such as Italy, Canada, Australia and India as refugees during the war time. But during the post conflict
era these illegal people migrations have not minimized. In relation to this research, as the problem for
researching, a research was conducted why the people in Sri Lanka are attempting to migrate to
Australia illegally in the post conflict era. As the objectives o f this research, activities were executed
to look into reasons and facts for illegal migrations, to look into the reasons and facts o f migrating the
majority to Australia and to study the legal frame, which is available to prevent the illegal migrations
and etc. The preliminary data and secondary data were utilized for this study and as the limitations of
the study were to be limited for an assignment and had to comply with the limitation o f time. As the
results of these research economic reasons, domestic violence and curiosity about the journey can be
pointed out. This condition has increased as especially majority o f Tamil people are engaged in these
illegal migrations and since the Australians are in a high level for hospitality. The people, who are
engaged in the employments related to fisheries industry have thoroughly compelled to this situation.
Because o f these illegal international migrations, economical, social and political scandals have been
created in Sri Lanka
