The second generation have however generally been more emotionally detached from the politics of the civil war, giving more priority to the issues in the United Kingdom and European Union, and preferring to refrain from involving themselves into the more extreme activism surrounding the Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/634/1/uk_bl_ethos_493555.pdf|title=The Sri Lankan Tamils|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> A number of political persons, such as Chamali Fernando, have advocated harder stances against asylum seekers and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newslanka.net/chamali_fernando_to_contest_cambridge_constituency.html|title=Interview with Chamali Fernando|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> | The second generation have however generally been more emotionally detached from the politics of the civil war, giving more priority to the issues in the United Kingdom and European Union, and preferring to refrain from involving themselves into the more extreme activism surrounding the Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/634/1/uk_bl_ethos_493555.pdf|title=The Sri Lankan Tamils|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> A number of political persons, such as Chamali Fernando, have advocated harder stances against asylum seekers and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newslanka.net/chamali_fernando_to_contest_cambridge_constituency.html|title=Interview with Chamali Fernando|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> |