Protracted Muslim IDPs from Jaffna in Puttalam and their Right to ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Information, Counselling & Legal Assistance (ICLA) project of the Norwegian Refugee Council
(NRC) in Sri Lanka is grateful to our donor, the EU-ACAP (European Union- Assistance for Conflict
Affected People) Programme, whose support made this thematic report possible and to Mirak
Raheem with the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and Dr. Farzana Haniffa with the Law & Society
Trust (LST) who generously contributed their time to review the report.
We wish to thank our former Country Director, Toril Brekke, who recognised that durable solutions for
protracted Muslim IDPs in Puttalam is a vital and timely issue to be highlighted. We express our
gratitude to the ICLA team in Puttalam, particularly Priyangika Amarathunge, Ruslin Farook, Rinosa
Jabir, Rimziya Kaldeen, Ranjan Shrikantha Kurian, Fathima Segu Mathar, Sujithra Mohanadas and
Chandradevi Sivayogam, who carried out the data-collection for this report in a number of welfare
centres in Puttalam, to Samsudeen Safi Nayaj for his work on the graphs and tables in this report, and
to Himangi Jayasundere for her editing and report layout work.
Amila Jayamaha
Project Coordinator, Legal
ICLA, NRC
Kavita Shukla
Programme Impact & Policy Analyst
NRC
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