Brussels, 23/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 23 June, the European Commission announced that it had located €5 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to internally displaced people, mostly ethnic Tamils, placed in camps in Sri Lanka. All funds are channelled through the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) and cover water and sanitation, health and nutrition and non-food relief items ranging from clothes, hygiene kits and mosquito nets to infant kits. Since 2007, the Commission has given a total of €42 million in aid for the victims of humanitarian crises in Sri Lanka, including this allocation. (A.N./transl.rh)