News: Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sri Lanka

CLICK ON PDF LINK FOR FULL REPORT Ι. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Return update - Approximately 20,600 IDPs were released / returned during May mostly from Menik Farm and, to a lesser extent, from host families. As of 20 May, 60,900 IDPs await resettlement in Menik Farm. - Humanitarian actors continue to support the Competent Authority for IDPs to determine the mine contamination status of proposed return locations. Some IDPs are accommodated in secondary transit centres until the completion of demining operations allow for access to their lands. Advance notice of return movements assist IDPs in Menik Farm to make preparations for their return. - Local administrations have adopted different arrangements for IDPs from host families returning to their places of origin. IDPs travel from Vavuniya District to Mullaitivu District in organized convoys, allowing authorities to receive them and check documentation. Returnees to Kilinochchi District find their own transport to the Central College transit site, where registration and onward movements to villages are organized.