Front organisations for the Tamil Tigers, the separatist rebel group on Sri Lanka, run at least 21 Saturday schools in the Netherlands, according to a police report.

The report was given to the local authorities organisation VNG earlier this year but has just been made public.
The schools, in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Breda, Eindhoven, Arnhem and Leeuwarden, are ostensibly used to teach children of Tamil origin language, dance and theatre, news agency ANP reports.
Praise
However, the report states the schools also use teaching materials praising the Tamil race, writing about the armed struggle and explaining how humane the Tamils are on the battlefield, ANP says.
The report was aimed at drawing local authority attention to the schools.
The news agency points out that there are similar schools in other countries and private Tamil schools which are not run by support organisations for the terrorist group.

Court
A court in The Hague is currently hearing a case against five men accused of collecting money for the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. They are facing up to 16 years in jail for helping run a terrorist organisation.
The EU put the Tamil Tigers on its official list of terrorist organisations in 2006.