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The British government has pledged a further £5 million for de-mining and livelihood recovery of IDPs as they return to their homes in Sri Lanka.
Minister Mike Foster, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for International Development, tabling a Written Ministerial Statement in the House of Parliament last week noted that so far Britain has given £12.5 to Sri Lanka.
However, he expressed concern over the level of access for both humanitarian agencies and the media to the IDPs in the camps and to those that have yet to reach the camps.
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London, Nihal Jayasinghe met with Philip Barton, Additional Director for South Asia in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, last week to discuss about the attacks by LTTE members in London on Sri Lankan Buddhist Temples and Sinhalese-owned shops.
Barton had also has raised the question about access to foreign dignitaries and Aid Agencies to the former war zone.
Jayasinghe had told him that the Sri Lankan government would not allow foreigners to go on a sight-seeing tour of the former war zone, but if they genuinely come to help the people and develop the area, the government would definitely have a look at the proposals.
