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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 involvement in future IDP return
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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. -
Sri Lanka: 40,000 more have fled fighting in east over past week
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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.