ICRC presses Sri Lanka on fate of 16,000 war missing
July 26, 2016 09:09 pm
The International Red Cross Tuesday urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to disclose the fate of more than 16,000 people still officially missing since the island’s ethnic war ended seven years ago.
The Geneva-based organisation released a 14-month survey conducted across Sri Lanka showing thousands of mainly ethnic Tamils were still searching for their loved ones.
The survey and resulting 34-page report titled “Living with Uncertainty” called on Sri Lankan authorities to “clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing persons”.
Of 395 families surveyed by the Red Cross, just over one third believed their loved ones were dead while another third were convinced they were still alive somewhere. The remaining third were unsure.
“The survey found that these families primarily want to know the fate and whereabouts of their missing relative and that they also face economic, legal and administrative difficulties in their daily lives,” it said.
-AFP (Daily Mail)
-Agencies
