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Coming Home: Sri Lankan refugees return
13 Aug 2010 Following the end of a three-decade long civil war, a growing number of Sri Lankan refugees are returning home from India. -
UNHCR starts to scale back in eastern Sri Lanka, closing Batticaloa office
28 Jun 2010 UNHCR starts to scale back its operations to help internally displaced people in eastern Sri Lanka and is closing its office in Batticaloa this week. -
UNHCR chief visits emergency transit centre in Romania
28 May 2010 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Europe's first emergency transit centre and meets Sri Lankan and Palestinian refugees. -
UNHCR welcomes resumption of return movements in northern Sri Lanka
27 Apr 2010 The UN refugee agency welcomes the resumption of government-led return movements in northern Sri Lanka, following a three-week pause. -
UNHCR disappointed at Australian decision to reopen detention centre for asylum-seekers
20 Apr 2010 The UN refugee agency expresses disappointment at Australia's failure to look at alternatives to detention for most asylum-seekers arriving by boat. -
Q&A: Northern Sri Lanka emerges from conflict but challenges remain
7 Apr 2010 UNHCR's Vicky Tennant was in Sri Lanka earlier this year to examine the impact of a cash grant to help displaced people. She talks about the visit and the recent decision to suspend the grant for lack of funding. -
UNHCR welcomes Sri Lankan decision to ease conditions for internally displaced
5 Dec 2009 UNHCR welcomes Sri Lanka's decision to allow greater freedom of movement for 135,000 internally displaced people in camps in the north of the country. -
For Sri Lanka's displaced, help in returning home
4 Sep 2009 As displaced families in Sri Lanka begin returning home after decades of conflict, UNHCR seeks to assist their reintegration. -
Farming and fishing folk return to villages in parts of north-west Sri Lanka
19 Jun 2009 The coastal village of Arippu in north-western Sri Lanka has been deserted for years, but people are coming back with UNHCR help now the war is over.