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Item Impact of New Housing Scheme of Estate Workers on Their Improvement of Livelihood(Reviewing International Encounters 2015, Research Center for Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Sanjeewani, K.S.Due to the labour shortage for plantation works the British administration had to depend on Indian labour force. After bringing them to Sri Lankan estates, they have given „line rooms‟ with poor facilities. Those plantation Tamils have been living as a segregated community in the plantation areas today even. But, after the independent governments concerned more on the improvement of the estate workers livelihood. As a result of that the Plantation Human Development Trust and the National Housing Development Authority played a key role in introducing new housing schemes for estate people. Therefore, this study has focused on two selected housing settlements in estate Poyston and estate Carolina in Ambagamuwa divisional secretariat division, NuwaraEliya district, Sri Lanka. The main objective of the study was to identify the impact of the new housing settlements which were carried out by the government in the plantation sector as an alternative to the contemporary line rooms. This study has taken two research strategies namely, Survey Method and Comparative Method. Key informants‟ Interviews, Focused Group Discussions (FGDs), and observation also conducted. A significant change in the workers livelihood can be identified in both settlements. But it depends on the type of the house and the facilities it included.Item Syrian Refugee Crisis and its Socio-Economic Impact to Host countries; Special Reference to Germany & Turkey(2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Jayasinghe, M.T.M.Syrian civil conflict and Syrian refugee crisis is an active issue in the current world Syrian refugee crisis affected other countries in to a complex international problem. It has culminated in to a major issue in its neighboring countries and host countries. Syrian refugees fled to other countries because of the internal conflict of Syria, political instability, extremists’ activities, ethnic and religious problems and arm conflicts. They influx in Europe countries like Germany, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, France and neighboring countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq to seeking their protection and security. Germany and Turkey have been the target countries for flows of many refugees from Syria. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlighted that, Germany and Turkey were the countries within highest number of Syrian refugees in world. The Syrian refugees who lives in host countries are affected by the host countries culture, economy, society and the internal security policies. The outcome of this influence may be negative or positive for the host countries, especially since the refugees have arrived in Germany and Turkey there have been many challengers and differences in the economic and social sectors in this country. The major objective of this study is identifying the Syrian civil conflict and refugee crisis; identifying the host countries response about Syrian refugee crisis; identifying the major socio-economic impact to host countries (Germany, Turkey) and ways of minimizing refugee negative impact to their society and economy. The content analysis method is used to achieve the research objectives through the publication and previously conducted researches. The Syrian civil war shows no signs of ending, due to the influx of Syrian refugees to host countries continuing daily. However, the Europe Union have not established a common ground on how to response to Syrian refugee crisis under this situation the socio-economic effect of refugees to the host countries have increased