Informes

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 13 (UNHCR) - Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Judy Cheng-Hopkins has called on the Sri Lankan government to double its efforts to allocate land to displaced people and allow them to move out of the…

JAFFNA, 9 July 2007 (IRIN) - Two-and-a-half-years after the tsunami struck the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, the 432 students at Valvai Sivaguru Vid school in Point Pedro eagerly await the completion of their new school. The school and…

COLOMBO, 6 July 2007 (IRIN) - Buffeted by recurring floods, droughts and epidemics, Sri Lanka has begun tracking the social and economic impact of disasters over three decades in a bid to reduce the effects of future calamities. The 2004…

29 June - 05 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update - The over all situation in most areas in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu is calm though shelling continues. - Telephone lines disconnected on 25 June in Kilinochchi were restored on 30…

JAFFNA, 2 July 2007 (IRIN) - Jaffna's town market is once again stocked, with many of its small retail shops bursting with canned and packaged goods and large bags of dried fish, lentils, dhal and rice. However, increasing numbers…

This report covers the period of 1 January to 30 April 2007, but reports cumulative totals from December 2004 onwards. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with…

21-28 June 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continues in areas closer to the Forward Defence Lines (FDLs), Poonakary and Vadamarachchi East over the last week. Restrictions of movement along the Akkarayan to Jayerapuram Road via Vannerikulam due to…

- Heavy fighting in the north and east of Sril Lanka is resulting in grave humanitarian consequences for over 200, 000 internally displaced persons. - Humanitarian access is greatly hindered to assist the civilian population in conflict-affected…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update - Shelling continues in areas around the FDLs, Poonakary and Vadamarachchi East areas. - The GA Kilinochchi reports that there are difficulties in transporting food commodities in to the district since the decision to have the…

As we honor the 14 million refugees on World Refugee Day, 20 June 2007 , TRO would also like to highlight the plight of the world's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). According to UNHCR figures there are currently 24.5 million…