-
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. -
End of long ordeal for Palestinian refugees as desert camp closes
1 Feb 2010 UNHCR closes the Al Tanf camp between the borders of Syria and Iraqi and relocates the last of the Palestinian refugees who lived there for years. -
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. -
Some 80,000 flee as fighting comes to an end in north-east Sri Lanka
19 May 2009 As fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam comes to an end, UNHCR braces itself for challenges looming ahead. -
UNHCR sends more field experts as civilians return to Sri Lanka's north
1 May 2009 A second team of UNHCR emergency experts arrive in Sri Lanka. The four include specialists on community services, protection and other field functions. -
UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift
28 Apr 2009 UNHCR continues robust response to the emergency in Sri Lanka with a second airlift as tens of thousands of civilians flee the conflict zone in the north-east. -
UNHCR airlifts almost 3,000 tents to Colombo for displaced Sri Lankans
27 Apr 2009 UNHCR begins an aid airlift for displaced people in Sri Lanka with the first plane carrying almost 3,000 family-size tents from the agency's stockpiles in Dubai.