Indonesia to build refugee camps for 500,000

Camps for up to 500,000 tsunami refugees will be built on devastated Sumatra island, the UN said today.

Camps for up to 500,000 tsunami refugees will be built on devastated Sumatra island, the UN said today.

The Indonesian government has started breaking ground on four camps around Banda Aceh, the main city in northern Sumatra, where an estimated one million people were left homeless by the tsunami.

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