Sri Lanka War Displaced

Internally displaced ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil civilians carry their belongings before being sent back home from a refugee camp, at Kathankulam village in Mannar, about 230 kilometers (144 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. 4,300 ethnic Tamils were sent home by the government to former rebel-held villages Thursday after spending months in overcrowded refugee camps. Resettlement Minister Rishard Badurdeen says the people resettled Thursday were among some 41,000 people cleared to be sent home in areas formerly controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *