Internally displaced persons (IDPs) began moving out of the Airport IDP camp on 7 August. With over 903 IDP families, it is one of the larger camps in Timor-Leste and is located adjacent to Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili. Officials from the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) expect that it will take two or three weeks for the entire camp to empty.

The Minister of Social Solidarity, Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves, thanked the IDPs for their decision to return home. "We want to help you achieve your rights and to return home in dignity. We hope that the security provided by the government will ensure ongoing stability in your areas of return," she said. She encouraged the returning IDPs to contribute to their own security by trying to re-create good relationships with their receiving communities.

Minister Alves also thanked the Camp Managers for their work over the past two years. She also thanked the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which provided the camp with humanitarian assistance, and the UN children's Fund (UNICEF) for providing water and sanitation support to the camp over the past two years.

With the return of the IDPs from the Airport camp, more than 4,500 IDP families will have received a recovery package or a reintegration package under the Government's Hamutuk Hari'i Futuru National Recovery Strategy.

According to MSS, a total of 20 camps are closed: Jardim Borja da Costa, Canossa Has Laran, Care, Dominican Sisters Beto, Gleno, Seminário Fatumeta, Hospital Guido Valadares, Jardim Nicolau Lobato, Laifet, Parliament, President's House, Sao Miguel, Sional, Arte Moris, USAID, Bairro Pite, Police Academy, St Elisabeth, ex-CRS, and EDTL.