Agencies said to be reluctant to confront Sudanese government about obstructions to humanitarian aid effort. By Simon Jennings, Katy Glassborow, Tajeldin Adam, Assadig Mustafa -...
Concerns that international focus on referendum may be exploited by Khartoum to put squeeze on Darfuris. By Daniella Peled - International Justice - ICC ...
" In the second phase of the resettlement process by the government 442 families numbering 1,898 persons were resettled in Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar District last Friday, Aug. 21. ...
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" The Government yesterday said over 15,000 IDP families from the Jaffna district will be resettled in their original homes soon. According to Resettlement and Relief Services Minister Rishad Badiudeen, the...
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" COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The former Tamil Tiger rebels now living in government-run welfare camps pose a serious threat to national security if allowed to leave the camps, the top defense official Gotabhaya...
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" Refugees return home, ex-guerillas forge new allegiances and Sri Lanka’s army is never far from view, writes TOM FARRELL in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka ON THE surface, Sri Lanka’s eastern town of Batticaloa...
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" COLOMBO, 21 July 2009 (IRIN) - A detailed plan to resettle almost 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka is needed to sustain donor assistance, the UN says. Thousands of Tamil...
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" The distance between the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) sheltered in the camps in search of a new life and the Externally Displaced Diaspora engaged in a self determining exercise of rediscovering themselves...
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" "The priority number one, two and three of the Government is to make sure the IDP's situation is taken and focused on" stated the Government Defence Spokesman Hon. Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at a media...
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" Over 4,000 elders in Sri Lanka IDP centers handed over to relatives Sat, Jun 27, 2009 More than 4,000 elders in IDPs camps in Vavuniya have been handed over to their relatives, Sri Lanka Ministry of...
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" The World Bank has approved a US$24-million International Development Association (IDA) credit to Sri Lanka to improve healthcare, with particular emphasis on the special health needs of the Internally Displaced...
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" EU: Sri Lanka: European Commission provides €5 million for life-saving emergency humanitarian assistance The European Commission has allocated €5 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to...
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Anyone can visit IDP camps but not for own gain
The government would allow any interested party or group to assist and help the internally displaced persons currently located in the welfare centres in the...
" Australians in Sri Lanka Refugee Camps June 4, 2009 - 9:34PM Sri Lanka has identified six foreign nationals, including Australians, among tens of thousands of war displaced civilians held in state-run camps in...
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