The National Fisheries Solidarity Organisation says there are still 43 refugee camps in the Jaffna district.
At a press conference in Colombo, the organisations convener Herman Kumara denied the government’s claim that there were 36 refugee camps, quoting local activists who report that 43 camps remain.
Mr Kumara said despite the end of the armed conflict 6 years ago, internally displaced people were still not resettled on their own land and demanded assistance from the government for resettlement programmes, especially for female-headed households.