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Sri Lanka: Eye-witness Account From An IDP Camp

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 @ 09:49 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Sri Lanka
Topics:: Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Refugees, Relief & Rescue
Languages:: 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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