MINISTÉRIO DA SOLIDARIEDADE SOÇIAL

Komunikadu de Imprensa

11 Setembru 2009

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial Anunsia Uma Transitorio Quarantina no Tasi-Tolu atu taka

Iha loron 16 Setembru 2009, Ministra Solidariedade Sosial, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, halo konferensia de imprensa iha Uma Transitorio Tasi-Tolu no Quarantina atu anunsia katak Uma Transitorio ne’e atu taka iha Setembru 2009. Familia 52 husi Quarantina no 53 husi Tasi-Tolu sei simu pakote rekuperasaun ka reintegrasaun.

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial fo agradece ba Kamp Manajer sira, ba sira nia serbisu iha kampu durante tinan rua liu ba. Nia mos fo obrigada ba NRC ba sira nia assistensia umanitaria, no mos ba IOM ba sira nia apoiu atu ajuda familia sira atu muda ba sira nia uma.

Iha konferensia de imprensa Ministra mos hatete katak familia hotu sai tiha ona husi kampu IDP Metinaro, i kampu ne’e, kampu IDP ikus, taka tiha ona iha loron 22 Agustu 2009.

Sekretáriu-Estadu ba Asisténsia Sosiál no Dezastre Naturál, Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes, explika katak dezlokadu sira ne’ebe hela iha Uma Transitorio sei simu pakote rekuperasaun baze ba nivel estragos ba sira nia uma. Laos tamba sira hela deit iha Uma Transitorio. Ema ne’ebe muda ba Uma Transitorio sem permisaun ida la iha status IDPs i labele simu pakote ida.

Ministra Solidariedade Sosial hatete “Hau hakarak fo obrigada ba dezlokadu sira, ba komunidade ne’ebe simu sira, no mos ba ami nia parseiru hotu, autoridade lokal, PNTL no UNPol ba sira nia ajuda ba MSS atu implementa ho susesu Estratejia Rekuperasaun Nasional, no mos atu assegura kata dezlokadu sira hotu bele reintegra iha komunidade ho paz. Durante tinan ida ho balu, tamba ita hotu serbisu hamutuk, ita hetan susesu atu taka kampu IDP 65, no iha tempu badak bele mos taka Uma Transitorio. Hau espera katak, depois kampu hotu no Uma Transitorio hotu taka, situasaun iha komunidade sira ne’ebe atu simu dezlokadu sira bele kontinua ho estabilidade, no ita hotu bele kontribui ba dezenvolvimentu Timor-Leste.”

Agora dadaun, staff MSS serbisu nafatin atu resolve kazu IDPs integrados ba sira hotu bele simu sira nia pakote to’o 2009 ramata. MSS la simu ema rejistu foun. IDPs integrados tenke tuir prosesu hanesan dezlokado sira ne’ebe uluk hela iha kampu – MSS tenke verifika sira nia uma at haree nivel estragos ne’ebe uma hetan iha 2006/7, depois MSS sei socializa pakote rekuperasaun ba sira. MSS/UNDP nia Equipa Dialogue serbisu nafatin atu ajuda ema ne’ebe la bele fila ba uma tamba ema okupa sira nia uma, ka tamba iha assunto ruma ho komunidade ne’ebe atu simu sira, atu ajuda sira resolve problema ne’e liu husi dialogu.

Tamba krize 2006, ema 150,000 halai husi sira nia uma no hari’i kampu 65 iha Dili, Baucau no Ermera. Iha 2007, atu fo uma transitorio ba ema ne’ebe hela iha kampu, Norwegian Refugee Council hamutuk ho Ministerio Obras Publico, hari’i Uma Transitorio 6 iha distritu Dili. Dezlokado sira sei hela iha Uma Transitorio 4 – Quarantina, Tasi-Tolu, Mercado Becora, no UNITAL I &II. Governu hakarak ajuda ema hotu husi Uma Transitorio atu fila ba sira nia uma to’o loron 6 Outubro 2009. Ho familia ne’ebe atu fila ba uma hosi Uma Transitorio sira, total familia ne’ebe maka simu pakote rekuperasaun ka reintegrasaun tuir programa Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru maka uma kain 14,400 resin.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY

Press Release

11 September 2009

Minister of Social Solidarity Announces Closure of Quarantina and Tasi Tolu Transitional Shelters

On 11 September 2009, the Minister of Social Solidarity, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, held a press conference at Tasi-Tolu and Quarantina Transitional Shelter sites to announce that the Transitional Shelters are closing in September 2009. 52 families from Quarantina and 53 from Tasi-Tolu Transitional Shelter sites will receive recovery or reintegration packages.

The Minister of Social Solidarity thanked the Camp Managers for their work in the Transitional Shelters over the past two years. She also thanked NRC for providing supporting the management of all the Transitional Shelters with humanitarian assistance, and IOM for assisting the families to return to their homes.

At the press conference the Minister also announced that all the families have now left Metinaro IDP camp, and this last tented IDP camp was officially closed on 22 August 2009.

The Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters, Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes, explained that IDPs living in the Transitional Shelters would receive recovery packages based on the amount of damage to their house. Occupancy of a unit in transitional housing does not automatically entitle residents to the maximum amount of recovery package. Those who had moved into units in the Transitional Shelters are not entitled to receive a recovery or reintegration package.

The Minister of Social Solidarity said “I would like to thank the IDPs, receiving communities, all our partners, the Chefe Sucos and Chefe Aldeias, PNTL and UNPol for helping MSS to successfully implement the National Recovery Strategy and ensuring that IDPs have been able to peacefully reintegrate into their communities. Within one year and a half, working together, we have managed to close all 65 tented IDP camps, and soon we will have closed all four Transitional Shelter sites. I sincerely hope that after the closure of all the camps and Transitional Shelters, the situation in all the receiving communities will continue to remain stable, and that all of you can help contribute to the development of Timor-Leste.”

MSS staff are currently working to resolve the cases of all the registered IDPs living with host families so that they can receive their recovery packages by the end of 2009. No new registrations can be accepted. Those IDPs living with host families must follow the same process as IDPs who lived in camps – that is, their house must be verified to assess the level of destruction sustained in 2006/7, following which the recovery package will be socialised to them. The MSS/UNDP Dialogue Teams continue to assist those who are unable to return because their house is occupied, or because there are ongoing issues with the receiving community, to try to resolve these problems through dialogue.

As a result of the 2006 crisis, more than 150,000 people fled their homes and 65 tented IDP camps in Dili, Baucau and Ermera were established. In late 2007, to provide transitional housing for people leaving the camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, together with the Ministry of Public Works under the former Government, built six Transitional Shelters in Dili district. Four of the Transitional Shelter sites still house IDPs – Qarantina, Tasi-Tolu, Becora Market, and UNITAL I &II. The government aims to assist the people in these sites to return to their homes by 6 October 2009. With the return of the IDPs from the Transitional Shelters, more than 14,400 IDP families will have received a recovery or reintegration package under the Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru National Recovery Strategy
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