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UNHCR seeks US$18.6 million to help Sri Lankan displaced
28 Feb 2008 UNHCR launches an appeal Thursday for US$18.6 million to provide assistance to some 500,000 displaced people in Sri Lanka. -
UNHCR concerned about security situation in eastern Sri Lanka
23 Nov 2007 UNHCR is seriously concerned about the deteriorating security situation and incidents reported from return areas in eastern Sri Lanka. -
New homes for displaced Sri Lankans in north
2 Oct 2007 More than 300 displaced families with no prospect of return have been given new homes in relocation sites in Vavuniya district. This comes amid continued fighting and displacement in Sri Lanka's north-west. -
UNHCR mourns great tenor Luciano Pavarotti
7 Sep 2007 The UN refugee agency has issued a statement mourning the death of Luciano Pavarotti, a staunch supporter of the refugee cause and of UNHCR's work around the world. -
Surge in violence displaces thousands in Sri Lanka's Mannar district
7 Sep 2007 More than 3,000 have fled their homes in northern Sri Lanka's district of Mannar over the past week to escape fresh fighting between government troops and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). -
Sri Lankan singer rises from displaced person to superstar
27 Aug 2007 Sasiskaran's face has beamed down from posters all over the Sri Lankan capital Colombo since his win in a nationwide talent show made him a superstar. But few people know that the young singing sensation was an internally displaced person when he became a music idol. -
More than 4,500 Sri Lankan IDPs return home in Trincomalee district
6 Aug 2007 In eastern Sri Lanka, internally displaced people have been returning home to their villages in groups of several hundred during June and July. They say living in their own homes is preferable to being displaced, and are grateful for support from the UN refugee agency, but say they will still face a struggle to rebuild their lives. -
UNHCR official calls on Sri Lanka to double its efforts to assist IDPs
13 Jul 2007 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 welfare centres they have been living in for more than two decades. -
UNHCR helps government start return of 90,000 IDPs to Batticaloa district
15 May 2007 The government has launched a programme to return tens of thousands of displaced people to their homes in an area of eastern Sri Lanka that was under rebel control until recently. The first 3,000 people were bussed to their homes in West Batticaloa district on Monday.