25 July, 2007 - Published 14:09 GMT

'Worried' EU offers more aid

The European Union says it will provide twenty-one million dollars in humanitarian aid to victims of the conflict between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka.

The EU aid commissioner, Louis Michel, said the EU was extremely worried by the increase in violence in Sri Lanka.

In a statement he said that the brutality of the conflict was appalling and violations of international humanitarian law were being perpetrated in a climate of impunity.

800,000 displaced

Those who'll benefit from the aid include refugees who have fled the fighting and now live in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The aid will help provide access to clean water, shelter, food, basic health care, education and sanitation.

"Projects will be implemented by the Commission's humanitarian partners already working in the field - NGOs, UN agencies and the ICRC," the EU statement said.

However Sri Lanka military has ordered regional commanders to supervise all projects undertaken in the east by the NGOs.

The EU says that around eight-hundred thousand people has been internally displaced during the twenty-five year conflict.