Revisiting Sampur: How Long Will it Take to Return Home?
- - on 01/28/2015
By Bhavani Fonseka and Mirak Raheem
The election of a new President has unleashed high expectations of change for the better. Although for some the expectations relate to macro issues of constitutional reform and good governance, for others their hopes are more basic: that of survival, of returning to their own homes and rebuilding their lives. A key stumbling block to these expectations being met was the claim by the previous government that Sri Lanka no longer had any internally displaced persons (IDPs). Ground realities though are starkly different with thousands in the North and East of Sri Lanka unable to return home due to land occupation, ad hoc high security areas, special economic zones among other reasons. The people from Sampur are a special caseload in that all of the above quoted reasons have been cited as obstacles to their return.
Revisiting Sampur How Long Will It Take to Return Home by Thavam Ratna
Revisiting Sampur How Long Will It Take to Return Home by Thavam Ratna
