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All IDPs
originating
from
Jaffna
who
lived in
the
Menik
Farm
welfare
village
will be
resettled
in the
Jaffna
District
today
(Nov.
26).
Thus
there
will be
no more
Jaffna
IDPs in
Menik
Farm
from
today.
A
total of
59,475
IDPs
were
removed
from
welfare
centres
in
Vavuniya,
Mannar,
Trincomalee
(Pulmoddai)
for
their
re-settlement
in
Jaffna,
said a
report
from the
Ministry
of
Rehabilitation
and
Resettlement.
Secretary
to the
Ministry
of
Rehabilitation
and
Resettlement,
U.L.M.
Haldeen
said
that as
a result
the
number
of IDPs
in
Vavuniya
District
had come
down to
121,617
as at 25
Nov.”.
He
also
said
that
IDPs
originating
from
Batticaloa,
Trincomalee
and
Ampara
have
been
completely
resettled
and were
back to
their
normal
livelihoods
as
planned
under
the
directive
of the
Presidential
Task
Force on
Resettlement
and
Rehabilitation.
According
to
reports
from the
Ministry
of
Rehabilitation
and
Resettlement,
the
total
number
of
returnees
from
Vavuniya,
Mannar,
Trincomalee
(Pulmoddai)
to
various
Districts
from 26
March –
18 June
09, is
111,
839.
Meanwhile,
the
Government
has
taken
action
to allow
all IDPs
the
freedom
of
movement
from
December
1, and
the
welfare
villages
would be
open
villages,
Haldeen
noted.
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