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Several thousand reported fleeing coastal strip in eastern Sri Lanka
19 Jan 2007 Thousands of people on Friday morning began fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka's Vaharai coastal strip and moving towards government-controlled areas. -
UNHCR helps north-west Sri Lankan villages recover from brutal murders
15 Jan 2007 Suganthapuri village in north-west Sri Lanka was deserted almost overnight after a family of four, including two children, were hacked to death last June. But people have started returning since UNHCR began introducing measures aimed at making people feel more secure. -
20,000 displaced face tough time after fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
9 Jan 2007 More than 20,000 people have fled fighting and harsh conditions in eastern Sri Lanka's Vaharai area in the past three weeks, but despite reaching safety they still face many problems. -
Burmese innovator taps traditional knowledge to feed fellow refugees and protect the earth
8 Jan 2007 A refugee from Myanmar spends his time in exile running an experimental farm and demonstration garden on the hillside of his refugee camp in Thailand. He's determined to minimise the environmental damage caused by the refugees, and to boost their nutrition level through imaginative small-scale projects. -
Shelter or survival: a dilemma for the displaced in Sri Lanka
26 Dec 2006 For the past few months, home for Nageswary and her five children has been a bare concrete floor in an open market near the northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi. But it is still dangerous and, like others, she faces a dilemma over whether or not to move again. -
UNHCR reaches out to the displaced in eastern Sri Lanka's Kanthale area
12 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency is assisting several thousand people who have been displaced by renewed fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and the rebel Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) in the east of the country. -
First relief convoy in a month for displaced in rebel-held eastern Sri Lanka
30 Nov 2006 The first international humanitarian convoy to rebel-controlled areas of Sri Lanka since October has reached the town of Vaharai and delivered 1,000 UNHCR tents and other emergency relief items for displaced families. -
UNHCR protection network brings hope to abused women in northern Sri Lanka
29 Nov 2006 UNHCR has set up a special protection network to tackle the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence in the Sri Lankan district of Mannar. A panel of lawyers, police officers, health officers and local support organisations work with UNHCR to find a lasting solution for victims. -
In Thai camps, legal centres hold out hope for greater justice
22 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency has opened the first of seven planned legal assistance centres in refugee camps in Thailand, sparking hopes that tens of thousands of Burmese refugees will get greater justice for the rapes and other violent crimes that plague the closed camps.
