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July 3, 2009

Tamil Refugees May End Up in Permanent Camps

by Hannah Roberts, The Times, UK - Sri Lankan authorities appear to be building permanent camps to house many of the 300,000 refugees from the last phase of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels, despite promising to resettle 80 per cent of them by the end of the year.

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