Sri Lanka Transnational Issues - 2005

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 362,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to Tamil conflict); 555,000 (resulting from 26 December 2004 tsunami) (2004)

NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka Transnational Issues 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Transnational Issues 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.