Feature: Sri Lanka Makes Citizens Out of Stateless Tea Pickers"

UNHCR's contemporaneous account of the 2003 Act's passage and early implementation, praising the legal milestone while flagging concerns about documentation backlogs and the gap between citizenship on paper and effective access to state services. Provides a UN baseline against which subsequent de facto assessments should be measured. **Source 16** **Title:** "UNHCR Applauds Sri Lanka's Move to Recognise Stateless Tamils" **Institution:** UNHCR **Publisher:** UNHCR **Year:** 2003 **URL:** https://www.unhcr.org/news/news/unhcr-applauds-sri-lankas-move-recognise-stateless-tamils **Tier:** A (UN body — UNHCR) **Gloss:** Official UNHCR press release welcoming the 2003 Act, which can be used to establish the international community's acknowledgement of prior statelessness and the significance of the legislative step.