18,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka welfare centers remaining to be resettled

Sri Lanka's Resettlement Ministry says that only 18,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Menik Farm welfare center in Vavuniya are remaining to be resettled.

Minister denies reports of government trying to acquire lands of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka's North

Sri Lanka's Deputy Resettlement Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan has said the government has no plans to acquire land owned by the Tamil people in the Wanni.

Civilians would be resettled gradually in Sri Lanka's HSZs, deputy Minister says

The Sri Lankan government is to gradually resettle people who have been displaced due to the establishment of High Security Zones (HSZs) in the North.

Only 32,000 IDPs to be resettled in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Chief Coordinating Officer of the Competent Office for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Vavuniya District said that the total number of IDPs remaining in welfare centers in the North is currently 38,127.