All IDPs have been registered: Lankan Minister

Last Updated: Friday, December 4, 2009, 15:49

Sri Lankan Government has said that all displaced civilians living in the welfare camps run by it have been registered and their overseas relatives could contact them through country`s missions.

Vavuniya schools used as shelters reopen for students

Last Updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 13:54

All schools in Sri Lanka`s Vavuniya region that were used as temporary shelters for displaced Tamil civilians have been reopened for educational activities, a top official said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka to free war-displaced refugees

Last Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 14:41

Lanka has said it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement.

Pranab meets Rajapaksa, discusses displaced Tamils

Last Updated: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 18:02

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed with him bilateral relations and the issue of resettlement of the war displaced Tamils.

Nearly 1.45 lakh displaced Tamils resettled in Lanka

Last Updated: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 15:51

Nearly 1.45 lakh out of the 2.88 lakh Tamils displaced during the ethnic conflict in northern and eastern Sri Lanka have been resettled, the government has said.

Pope for acceleration in resettlement of Lanka war-displaced

Last Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 16:47

Pushing "acceleration" in efforts to rehabilitate Lankan Tamils displaced by the war, Pope has appealed to intl community to strive to meet needs.

Red Cross warns millions of displaced are neglected

Last Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 11:17

The international Red Cross on Thursday warned that the majority of the world`s 26 million displaced people were often neglected because they found refuge with local communities instead of in camps.

Tamil IDPs` houses unlawfully occupied: Report

Last Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009, 15:43

Having spent months in refugee camps, the homecoming to northern Sri Lanka is turning bitter for nearly 1,500 war-displaced Tamil families as their houses have been unlawfully occupied allegedly by Sinhalese people.

Resettlement of IDPs in Lanka`s east completed: Army

Last Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 17:51

Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday claimed that all displaced Tamils from the country`s eastern provinces have been resettled back in their homes.

90,000 displaced Tamils resettled in Lanka

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 15:32

Nearly 90,000 out of the 2.88 lakh Tamils displaced during the ethnic conflict in northern Sri Lanka have been sent back home under the government`s resettlement initiatives, an official report said today.

Lanka starts resettling some 42,000 displaced Tamils

Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 21:38

Nearly 42,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by the war against LTTE were sent to their homes in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Thursday as the government hailed India for its assistance in the resettlement process.