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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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Sri Lankan government must act now to protect 300,000 displaced. The humanitarian crisis in the Wanni region of northern Sri Lanka is worsening as the government fails to provide shelter and protect over 300,000 displaced civilians.Tens of thousands of families are now enduring the monsoon season with limited food, shelter, water or sanitation. They fled their homes to escape the fighting between the Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).These civilians are trapped in the LTTE-controlled Wanni region.