Burma victims ‘forced to return’
2/6/08
Cyclone survivors in Burma are allegedly being forced to return to their devastated villages as the military government tries to show that it is capable of handling the humanitarian crisis. Various UN aid agencies have criticised the move, saying it would increase the risk of disease as millions of survivors are forced out of emergency camps back to areas with no aid supplies.Aid workers returning from across the affected region are reporting that camps set up for homeless survivors in the Irrawaddy delta town of Bogalay were “totally empty”.They say scores of displaced people have been expelled from temporary shelters in schools, monasteries and public buildings as part of a move to show that people were capable of rebuilding their lives without foreign help
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6482BD8D-C588-4915-9CCC-4EB1F15231E3.htm
Tags: Burma, Environment, Human Rights