Missing persons

A 1993 UK study estimated that 250,000 people had disappeared of which at least 100,000 were under the age of 18. A 1992 report found thousands of women searching for an estimated 60,000 sons, husbands and fathers who had disappeared in Sri Lanka over the previous few years. Most of those missing were believed to have been involved in conflicts between extremist movements and forces associated with the Sri Lankan government.