STATISTICS ON REFUGEES IN NE: Displacement during the CFA period

Displacement during the CFA period The map shows the distribution of the internal displacement caused by the violence in 2006. Also note that in addition to the people displaced in 2006, the militarized zones described elsewhere has created a further 300,000 refugees who have remained as refugees for more than decade. Causes of dispalcement – military offensives Military offensives and Displacement-pdf 01. Voices of refugees-1 02. Voices of refugees-2 03. Voices of refugees-3 02. Voices of refugees-4 25 September 2006 Print this Email this

Last update: August 22, 2008 07.07 GMT Civilians Killed - 2341 Displaced - 340,000 Disappeared -1123 Blacked out Evicted - 300,000 Displacement stories Sudden rain in Kilinochchi on Sunday left many of the IDPs, who are yet to receive temporary shelters and thus still living under trees, struggling to seek shelter from the rain and safeguard their possessions from getting soaked. more 607 Grade-5 scholarship students failed sit the test in Vanni Due to the massive displacement and continuing artillery fire by the Sri Lanka military, 607 ten year old, Grade-5 students from Vanni, who registered to sit the scholarship test, failed to appear for the test that was held on Sunday, 17 August 2008. The absentee numbers were obtained from the Zonal Education divisions in Vanni. more Kilinochchi receives greater number of IDPs In the ongoing displacement of people inside Vanni, forced out from their settlements by indiscriminate bombing and shelling of the Sri Lanka military, Kilinochchi district has received greater number of the displaced putting the humanitarian efforts of all agencies in the district under great pressure. more Kilinochchi medical chief warns health disaster if precaution not taken Civilian toll for the month of July Mullaithivu Distrcit Secretariat sends situation report on the shelling of hospital Sri Lanka Air force bombs Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaithivu, two civilians killed Mullaithivu hospital complex shelling