North: ”.One issue particularly preventing returned IDPs from truly ‘settling’ back home is the high military presence in the north and east. Invasive visits and the monitoring of civilians by members of the security forces contribute to a sense of general insecurity, while the military’s economic activities are also barriers to those who have returned who find themselves facing increased competition which either squeezes them out of the market, or prevents them from re-joining it completely. Indeed these activities are in contradiction with the LLRC recommendations, which called for the military to reduce its presence and stop carrying out economic activities. Unbelievably, while the military continues with such activities regardless, the respective LLRC recommendation is marked as ‘completed’ on the government’s website’’ – Can the UN Human Rights Council get Sri Lanka to take its commitments to its citizens seriously? 25 March 2014, http://www.internal-displacement.org/blog/2014/can-the-un-human-rights-council-get-sri-lanka-to-take-its-commitments-to-its-citizens-seriously