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Sri Lankan singer rises from displaced person to superstar
27 Aug 2007 Sasiskaran's face has beamed down from posters all over the Sri Lankan capital Colombo since his win in a nationwide talent show made him a superstar. But few people know that the young singing sensation was an internally displaced person when he became a music idol. -
Australian police brush up on Sudanese refugees
23 Aug 2007 Police officers in the Australian state of Victoria have toured South Sudan to gain insight into the refugees being resettled in their Melbourne suburb. They are using the experience to educate others about the Sudanese. -
More than 4,500 Sri Lankan IDPs return home in Trincomalee district
6 Aug 2007 In eastern Sri Lanka, internally displaced people have been returning home to their villages in groups of several hundred during June and July. They say living in their own homes is preferable to being displaced, and are grateful for support from the UN refugee agency, but say they will still face a struggle to rebuild their lives. -
UNHCR official calls on Sri Lanka to double its efforts to assist IDPs
13 Jul 2007 Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Judy Cheng-Hopkins has called on the Sri Lankan government to double its efforts to allocate land to displaced people and allow them to move out of the welfare centres they have been living in for more than two decades. -
UNHCR helps government start return of 90,000 IDPs to Batticaloa district
15 May 2007 The government has launched a programme to return tens of thousands of displaced people to their homes in an area of eastern Sri Lanka that was under rebel control until recently. The first 3,000 people were bussed to their homes in West Batticaloa district on Monday. -
UNHCR launches media campaign against statelessness in Sri Lanka
26 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency on Monday stepped up its programme against statelessness in Sri Lanka by launching a media campaign to raise public awareness about the country's citizenship laws. -
Sri Lanka government assures UNHCR of full engagement in future moves to return IDPs
16 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency said it had received renewed assurances from the Sri Lankan government that UNHCR will now be fully engaged in any further moves to return internally displaced people. -
Hope becomes a reality for displaced Sri Lankans in resettlement programme
14 Mar 2007 A UNHCR resettlement programme has found new homes in north-east Sri Lanka for 178 families displaced in 1990 by the conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. -
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.