- Countries:
- Sri Lanka
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- Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Refugees, Relief & Rescue
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- English
Groundviews publishes an eye-witness account from an IDP camp in Sri Lanka describing the conditions of the refugees in a post-war situation. Separation of family members, no freedom of movement, corruption, bad hygiene conditions, diseases and epidemic are some of the problems cited in that report.
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