Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands
A third of the estimated 600,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka live in areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Displaced people within these so-called ‘un-cleared’ or ‘liberated areas’ (termsused by the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE respectively) are at especial risk. Their situatio...
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author | Danesh Jayatilaka Robert Muggah |
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description | A third of the estimated 600,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka live in areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Displaced people within these so-called ‘un-cleared’ or ‘liberated areas’ (termsused by the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE respectively) are at especial risk. Their situation highlights the difficulties of assessing protection and assistance in the context of conflict. |
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spelling | doaj.art-10152a7d10914a27a0d6648adb026aaf2022-12-22T01:36:22ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192004-05-01203941Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlandsDanesh JayatilakaRobert MuggahA third of the estimated 600,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka live in areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Displaced people within these so-called ‘un-cleared’ or ‘liberated areas’ (termsused by the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE respectively) are at especial risk. Their situation highlights the difficulties of assessing protection and assistance in the context of conflict.http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR20/FMR2019.pdfforced migrationrefugeeasylumdisplacementIDPsSri Lanka |
spellingShingle | Danesh Jayatilaka Robert Muggah Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands Forced Migration Review forced migration refugee asylum displacement IDPs Sri Lanka |
title | Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands |
title_full | Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands |
title_fullStr | Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands |
title_full_unstemmed | Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands |
title_short | Where there is no information: IDP vulnerability assessments in Sri Lanka’s borderlands |
title_sort | where there is no information idp vulnerability assessments in sri lanka s borderlands |
topic | forced migration refugee asylum displacement IDPs Sri Lanka |
url | http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR20/FMR2019.pdf |
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