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More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
13 Mar 2007 More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the affected district of Batticaloa. -
UNHCR distributes aid to more than 2,000 host families in Jaffna Peninsula
5 Feb 2007 The UN refugee agency has distributed packages of non-food items to more than 2,000 host families in northern Sri Lanka's Jaffna Peninsula despite interruptions to the relief programme launched last November. -
Sri Lanka: Some 5,000 civilians find refuge in Batticaloa after fleeing coastal strip
23 Jan 2007 An estimated 5,000 civilians have found refuge in eastern Sri Lanka's Batticaloa district after fleeing escalated fighting between government forces and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Vaharai coastal strip. -
Several thousand reported fleeing coastal strip in eastern Sri Lanka
19 Jan 2007 Thousands of people on Friday morning began fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka's Vaharai coastal strip and moving towards government-controlled areas. -
UNHCR helps north-west Sri Lankan villages recover from brutal murders
15 Jan 2007 Suganthapuri village in north-west Sri Lanka was deserted almost overnight after a family of four, including two children, were hacked to death last June. But people have started returning since UNHCR began introducing measures aimed at making people feel more secure. -
20,000 displaced face tough time after fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
9 Jan 2007 More than 20,000 people have fled fighting and harsh conditions in eastern Sri Lanka's Vaharai area in the past three weeks, but despite reaching safety they still face many problems. -
Shelter or survival: a dilemma for the displaced in Sri Lanka
26 Dec 2006 For the past few months, home for Nageswary and her five children has been a bare concrete floor in an open market near the northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi. But it is still dangerous and, like others, she faces a dilemma over whether or not to move again. -
UNHCR reaches out to the displaced in eastern Sri Lanka's Kanthale area
12 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency is assisting several thousand people who have been displaced by renewed fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and the rebel Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) in the east of the country. -
First relief convoy in a month for displaced in rebel-held eastern Sri Lanka
30 Nov 2006 The first international humanitarian convoy to rebel-controlled areas of Sri Lanka since October has reached the town of Vaharai and delivered 1,000 UNHCR tents and other emergency relief items for displaced families.