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'Dire conditions' at Sri Lanka camp

Displaced Tamils forced into Sri Lanka's government run camps say conditions are difficult with water shortages and high levels of sickness.

The United Nations has said the government is not resettling people quickly enough.

Charles Haviland spoke to Tamils at the Menik Farm camp, west of Vavuniya.

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