57,293 children held in Vavuniyaa SLA internment camps

57,293 children from Vanni are presently detained in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) internment camps in Vavuniyaa, U. L. M. Haldeen, Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Relief said to the media.
1,034 children among the above are orphans or separated from their parents while there are 7,894 widows and 3,100 pregnant mothers in Vavuniyaa internment camps.
There are 11,873 detainees injured in the war and 3,968 maimed persons held in the above camps.
Meanwhile, there are 3,689 government officers among those detained, the Secretary said.

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