Sri Lanka – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #6 (FY 2009)

From late October through April 30, approximately 172,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) moved from the conflict zone into Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL)-controlled territory, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This figure includes IDPs who have left the conflict area but have not yet arrived at the screening points or IDP camps. More than 100,000 IDPs have arrived from the conflict zone since April 20, when GOSL military forces entered the last Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-held area.

From February through April 30, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated nearly 12,400 IDPs by boat from the conflict zone. Read more ...