After 30 years in Thailand, a glimmer of hope for refugees from Myanmar

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After 30 years in Thailand, a glimmer of hope for refugees from Myanmar
BY ALISA TANG

MAE SOT, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ta Mla Saw was about seven when she and her family fled from Myanmar troops attacking her village in the country's ethnic Karen region, and crossed the river into Thailand to the safety of refugee camps dotted along the border.

Confined for decades in the camps and supported by aid agencies, the refugees nourished themselves with education and anything they could do to better their community, said Ta Mla Saw, who is now 34 and joint secretary for the Karen Women Organisation (KWO), a community social welfare group.

"I feel like the refugee camp was a learning place for us. We didn't have to be afraid of anything life-threatening, we didn't need to worry about the fighting, dying," she said at KWO's small office outside Mae Sot, a border town that serves as a base camp for aid agencies working with refugees from Myanmar.

Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-humanitarian-summit-thailand-refugees-idUSKCN0Y20DQ


-- Reuters 2016-05-11

[Ulic]

So free stuff supported by NGO's. A toilet in every home. Why would you want to go back

to a village with 2 toilers for 30 homes. The morning rush would be horrible. I just sign

up for another 25 years thanks.