Official says 1,000 Myanmar refugees voluntarily returned home from Thailand

[webfact]

Deputy Governor Surapol said the refugees 'voluntarily' returned home.

 

by Tara Abhasakun

After thousands of refugees fled Myanmar to Thailand due to the latest outbreak of violence, the deputy governor of Tak province, Surapol Wongsukphisarn, said yesterday that around 1,000 refugees had voluntarily returned home.

 

This news comes after it was reported yesterday morning that thousands of people seeking refuge in Tak’s Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts. The heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region between the alliance of the People’s Defence Force, the Karen National Liberation Army, and the Myanmar military, against Border Guard forces, lasted for three days.

 

The fighting forced over 9,000 Karen villagers to flee across the border into Thailand’s Mae Ramat and Mae Sot districts.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/regional/myanmar/official-says-1000-myanmar-refugees-voluntarily-returned-home-from-thailand

 

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[Tarteso]

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

around 1,000 refugees had voluntarily returned home.

Or something like this ..

[Srikcir]

"Your suffering is my suffering. Your happiness is my happiness." Attributed to the Buddha.

"offering shelter is among the seven kinds of offering that may be practiced even by those who are not wealthy." Buddhist teachings.

I guess the refugees were just too embarrassed to accept Thailand's LOS hospitality and choose possible injury or death returning to Myanmar. 

[ikke1959]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

said yesterday that around 1,000 refugees had voluntarily returned home.

indeed.. they got probably the question... Do you have a valid visa or not? if not go back, as if you stay you will be fined 500 THB a day.... If you go back freely we don't charge yo anything..... And see so they went back... Asylum policy of Thailand

Edited April 8, 2023 by ikke1959

[mikebell]

Guns can be very persuasive.

[BangkokReady]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region between the alliance of the People’s Defence Force, the Karen National Liberation Army, and the Myanmar military, against Border Guard forces, lasted for three days.

The first three groups are fighting against the Border Guard Forces?  Including the Myanmar military?