Amid growing fears of a humanitarian catastrophe, the IRC is preparing to launch programs to help bring aid to thousands of displaced Tamils in government-controlled camps in northern Sri Lanka.
Over the weekend, the IRC’s Sri Lanka representative Gordon Bacon assessed conditions in the Menik Farm camp near the town of Vavuniya, where approximately 100,000 people have sought shelter. Some of the displaced here, who have fled the recent flare-up in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tiger rebel group, live under tents and tarpaulins in sweltering, unsanitary conditions. The 40,000 most recent arrivals, however, are forced to live in the open due to a lack of shelter materials. Read more ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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