Joint Humanitarian Update NORTH EAST | SRI LANKA
Joint Humanitarian Update NORTH EAST | SRI LANKA JAFFNA, KILINOCHCHI, MULLAITIVU, MANNAR, VAVUNIYA and TRINCOMALEE DISTRICTS Report # 11 | 10 - 23 October 2009 Displacement after April 2008 - IDP situation as reported by Government Agents as of 23 October IDPs 222,341 persons are currently accommodated in camps and During the period 1 April 2008 hospitals. to 23 October 2009 Vavuniya Camps: 205,7361 Mannar Camps: 9172 220,357 people are accommodated in temporary camps. Jaffna Camps: 7,4013 Trincomalee Camps: 6,3034 1,9845 IDPs (injured and caregivers) are in hospitals in various Hospitals: districts6 as of 28 August 2009. RELEASES, RETURNS & TRANSFERS 16,490 people have been released from temporary camps into Releases: host families and elders’ homes as of 23 October 2009. The majority of these people are elders, people with learning disabilities and other vulnerable groups. Returns to places of origin: 35,822 have been returned to Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Mullaitivu, Ampara and Polonnaruwa districts between 05 August and 23 October 2009. Transfers to the districts of origin and Out of a total of 30,593 IDPs transferred to transit sites since 11 accommodated in transit sites : September, 3,121 remain in transit sites in Jaffna, Trincomalee, and Mannar districts. The rest have been added to the ‘returns’ above. 1 Source: Government Agent Vavuniya 2 Source: Government Agent Mannar. 3 Source: Government Agent Jaffna 4 Source: Government Agent Trincomalee 5 Source: Ministry of Health 6 This includes GH Vavuniya, BH Cheddikulam, BH Poovarasankulum, Pampainmadu Hospital, DGH Mannar, BH Padaviya, GH Polonnaruwa, TH Kurunagala 1 United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Sri Lanka | Joint Humanitarian Update | 2009 | Web site: http://www.hpsl.lk Joint Humanitarian Update NORTH EAST | SRI LANKA I.
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