The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims

A 30-year local armed conflict in Sri Lanka between government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) displaced at least 500,000 people. When the conflict was at its height, about 72, 000 Muslims from the North of the country were forcibly displaced by the LTTE in 1990s. These Muslims since...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rauff, Salithamby Abdul
Format: Thesis
Language:en
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/46210/1/Salithamby%20Abdul%20Rauff24.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/46210/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1834503538028314624
author Rauff, Salithamby Abdul
author_facet Rauff, Salithamby Abdul
author_sort Rauff, Salithamby Abdul
building Hamzah Sendut Library
collection Institutional Repository
content_provider Universiti Sains Malaysia
content_source USM Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
description A 30-year local armed conflict in Sri Lanka between government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) displaced at least 500,000 people. When the conflict was at its height, about 72, 000 Muslims from the North of the country were forcibly displaced by the LTTE in 1990s. These Muslims since lived outside their places of origin as internally displaced persons (IDPs). The armed conflict came to an end in 2009 after government defeated the LTTE. In this post-conflict context, many of these Muslim IDPs returned home to renew their life in their places of origin. The general objectives of his study were: i) to examine the problems of displaced Muslims and support they sought to rebuild their life in their areas of origin, ii) to categorize social support needed for them, and iii) propose a social support intervention model to address their problems. This was a qualitative study. Data were collected from 20 in-depth interview participants (IDIPs), three focus groups (FGs) and eight key informants (KIs), who were recruited by purposive sampling. Face to face interviews with semi-structured questions were conducted. Data were analyzed manually. The findings showed that in rebuilding life in their places of origin, Muslim IDPs faced several problems: Physical security, illegal property occupation, livelihood, housing, water, sanitation, healthcare, education and infrastructure. IDPs sought an instrumental and informational support to continue their life. The study proposed a social support intervention model to address their problems to rebuild life in their areas.
format Thesis
id my.usm.eprints.46210
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
language en
publishDate 2014
record_format eprints
spelling my.usm.eprints.46210 http://eprints.usm.my/46210/ The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims Rauff, Salithamby Abdul H1-99 Social sciences (General) A 30-year local armed conflict in Sri Lanka between government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) displaced at least 500,000 people. When the conflict was at its height, about 72, 000 Muslims from the North of the country were forcibly displaced by the LTTE in 1990s. These Muslims since lived outside their places of origin as internally displaced persons (IDPs). The armed conflict came to an end in 2009 after government defeated the LTTE. In this post-conflict context, many of these Muslim IDPs returned home to renew their life in their places of origin. The general objectives of his study were: i) to examine the problems of displaced Muslims and support they sought to rebuild their life in their areas of origin, ii) to categorize social support needed for them, and iii) propose a social support intervention model to address their problems. This was a qualitative study. Data were collected from 20 in-depth interview participants (IDIPs), three focus groups (FGs) and eight key informants (KIs), who were recruited by purposive sampling. Face to face interviews with semi-structured questions were conducted. Data were analyzed manually. The findings showed that in rebuilding life in their places of origin, Muslim IDPs faced several problems: Physical security, illegal property occupation, livelihood, housing, water, sanitation, healthcare, education and infrastructure. IDPs sought an instrumental and informational support to continue their life. The study proposed a social support intervention model to address their problems to rebuild life in their areas. 2014-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/46210/1/Salithamby%20Abdul%20Rauff24.pdf Rauff, Salithamby Abdul (2014) The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Rauff, Salithamby Abdul
The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title_full The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title_fullStr The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title_full_unstemmed The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title_short The Role Of Social Support In The Return Of Internally Displaced Persons In A Post Conflict Context: An Experience Of Sri Lankan Muslims
title_sort role of social support in the return of internally displaced persons in a post conflict context: an experience of sri lankan muslims
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/46210/1/Salithamby%20Abdul%20Rauff24.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/46210/
url_provider http://eprints.usm.my/