An increase in abductions and disappearances have forced resettled families from the Thiriyai area in Trincomalee to flee their homes.
At least fourteen individuals have disappeared or been abducted from the traditional Tamil village in the east since October last year, according to reports submitted to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) by civil groups.
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At least four Tamil civilians are reported to have been abducted or disappeared from the village in May. Since then several resettled families have left Thiriyaai village, reports say.
One village in the region around Thiriyai, Kalampathai, is completely empty, after all 86 Tamil families resettled in the area fled, leaving their newly rebuilt houses.
The houses had been constructed as part of a resettlement project, with a Non Government Organisation (NGO) responsible for the construction. Each house cost nearly six hundred thousand rupees, according to reports from the region.
Of the 190 families resettled at Kattukulam, another village near Thiriyai, 140 have left, with only about fifty families still remaining in the village. This is from the estimated 385 families who lived in Kattukulam before 1990.
About 242 families were resettled in Thiriyai village itself, but only 62 families now remain in the village.
The program to resettle this area commenced after the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 2002 between the then Sri Lankan government and the LTTE.
At least fourteen individuals have disappeared or been abducted from the traditional Tamil village in the east since October last year, according to reports submitted to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) by civil groups.
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At least four Tamil civilians are reported to have been abducted or disappeared from the village in May. Since then several resettled families have left Thiriyaai village, reports say.
One village in the region around Thiriyai, Kalampathai, is completely empty, after all 86 Tamil families resettled in the area fled, leaving their newly rebuilt houses.
The houses had been constructed as part of a resettlement project, with a Non Government Organisation (NGO) responsible for the construction. Each house cost nearly six hundred thousand rupees, according to reports from the region.
Of the 190 families resettled at Kattukulam, another village near Thiriyai, 140 have left, with only about fifty families still remaining in the village. This is from the estimated 385 families who lived in Kattukulam before 1990.
About 242 families were resettled in Thiriyai village itself, but only 62 families now remain in the village.
The program to resettle this area commenced after the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 2002 between the then Sri Lankan government and the LTTE.
