Nauru will not offer permanent resettlement to refugees.
"I do not oppose other states choosing to offer humanitarian admission or resettlement to displaced Syrians.
In Britain, his land of origin, critical disparagement became common after his resettlement to America, in 1937.
The Bank's own India department altered a study criticising the resettlement, to hide the problems from the Bank's directors.
The letter demanded compensation for the loss of the houses owned by committee members and for resettlement to equivalent property.
He says the military "are teaching to kill without emotion", adding: "They give you resettlement to get a job.
Complicated rules over land rights – and a lack of stable government in the year immediately after the quake – have made it harder for resettlement to happen quickly.
Population resettlement to provide agricultural employment and access to land is important in some Southeast Asian countries, notably Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Fearing the Tigers would use the resettlement to surround the bases, then overrun them should fighting resume, the army was insisting that the Tigers disarm in those areas.
The UN's Refugee Agency identifies refugees in need of resettlement to be transferred to western countries such as the UK, which is better able to help them.
"Put simply, this could be a total, historic disaster for refugee resettlement to the US," said Clara Long, a researcher with the US program at Human Rights Watch.
