THE barracks along the Cot Iri River, Greater Aceh, resemble a slum area. When it rains, it becomes muddy with rubbish scattered about. The residences are packed. One hundred and seventy houses for temporary occupancy are inhabited by about 700 people.

The occupants of the 6-month-old barracks are tsunami refugees who have, over the last one and a half years, been staying in camps at Lampeunerut, Lambaro subdistrict, Greater Aceh. They are the res