By Hotli Simanjuntak

The Aceh provincial administration has placed 43 Sri Lankan boat people, stranded on Lhoknga Beach, at a temporary shelter in Lhokseumawe, pending a verification process of their identities.

The authorities will cooperate with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Sri Lankan Embassy to verify the identity of the migrants.

The migrants were transferred by bus on Wednesday to Lhokseumawe, about 300 kilometers from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, after receiving aid from Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah.

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing cash assistance to more than 40,000 people affected by recent floods in the hardest-hit districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kegalle and Ratnapura.

The cash will come in the form of a top-up of the Government of Sri Lanka’s Samurdhi social safety net scheme, which aims to help poor families meet their food and nutrition needs.

Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Wednesday 7/6/2016 - 07:57 GMT

Sri Lanka intends to become completely demilitarised by 2018, the government said Wednesday, a significant announcement that will end the army's involvement in civilian life after decades of ethnic war.

Heavy deployments from the Sri Lankan army have remained in former war zones in the island's north and east since a 37-year conflict with Tamil separatists ended in May 2009.

Stern legal actions will be taken against those who carry on the potential dengue breeding sites. The number of dengue patients in June has increased rapidly.

Minister of Provincial Council and Local Government Faizer Musthapha meeting the Colombo Municipal Council officials yesterday (4th July) instructed to implement a proper plan to decrease the number of dengue patients by 25% in parallel to the currently reporting number.

Just weeks before massive floods in Sri Lanka killed more than 80 people and forced around 300,000 to leave their homes, MapAction and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) worked with the Government of Sri Lanka to prepare essential base data for emergency preparedness and response.

MapAction and WFP had undertaken a disaster preparedness mission in early May to establish a robust database of key information that would help the national Disaster Management Centre and humanitarian aid agencies decide how best to provide assistance right from the outset of a disaster.

On Monday, the National Police Headquarter informed Hungarian news agency MTI that between Friday and Sunday 350 people crossing the border illegally were apprehended in Hungary. According to the statistics published on the Police’s website, on Friday 140, on Saturday 103 and on Sunday 107 were apprehended.

Immigration Detention And Community Statistics

Summary

At 30 April 2016, there were 1,695 people in immigration detention facilities, including 1,509 in immigration detention on the mainland and 186 in immigration detention on Christmas Island.

A further 645 people were living in the community after being approved for a residence determination and 28,503 were living in the community after grant of a Bridging Visa E.

Global Overview – Trends and Outlook

HIGHLIGHTS

HUMANITARIAN AID AND THE SWISS HUMANITARIAN AID UNIT

Emergency aid and reconstruction measures supported by Switzerland directly benefit around three and a half million people a year.
Given their scale and tragic consequences, Swiss Humanitarian Aid has focused its attention on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, and the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. (p. 8)

TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND FINANCIAL AID FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Inside the issue

IPC Global News and Features…………..1

• Working at full Speed in 2016.

• A "New and Renewed "IPC Global Partnership

• gFSC and IPC Strengthening their Cooperation

• Towards a full Harmonized IPC Classification System

-E-learning Course on IPC Version 2.0

IPC Regions and Countries…….…………..3

• IPC in East and Central Africa

• IPC in Southern Africa

• IPC support to CH in West Africa

Operation summary

By Mahieash Johnney, Sri Lanka Red Cross Society - @mahieash

Every morning, Chameera Peiris makes his way to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Colombo branch to provide briefings for the operations team that will engage in well-cleaning activities within the district. The branch has been cleaning wells since severe floods triggered by torrential rains swept through Colombo two months ago, contaminating almost 80% of the communities’ water sources.