Karen Lead Story News Refugees
Although the cessation of international aid had been projected 18 months ago, the KNU has appealed for international groups to continue funding until peace prevails in the region.
Karen Lead Story News Refugees
The concerns of ethnic Karen refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were raised on Tuesday, World Refugee Day, over the lack of a clear plan for the return and reintegration of those going back to their homelands.
Features Karen Lead Story News Refugees
After decades on the run from armed conflict in their ancestral lands, Burmese nationals with Karen heritage are finally getting a taste of peace as they settle into newly built houses in the country’s southeast.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
DKBA renegades detonated roadside explosives by remote control as the 118th Light Infantry Battalion was on patrol. The Karen rebels then ambushed them.
The first, voluntary repatriation of 68 Burmese refugees from camps along the Thai-Burmese border began on Tuesday, in a move the UNHCR called a “milestone”.
The 90 refugees from the Nu Po refugee camp in Thailand’s Tak Province are the first to return to Karen State under a programme sponsored by the Burmese government.
Life in a refugee camp is never easy, but for many who have lived in Mae La Oon for much of their life, the thought of leaving brings anxieties of its own.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees
Refugee advocacy networks say it will be a lost opportunity for Suu Kyi, who could have met with refugees and camp leaders to discuss their return to Burma.
The deputy-governor of Thailand’s Tak Province said preparations for the repatriation of refugees began when a new government took power in Burma earlier this month.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees
Citing growing hardships in their border-based camp, a group of 69 refugees has made the move back into Karen State.
2015 Elections Contributor Lead Story Migrants Issues News Opinion
Despite a huge population of Burmese migrants living in northern Thailand, few say they will vote in the coming general election.
Crime Karen Lead Story News Refugees
Saw Lar Htoo has become the first Karen refugee to graduate as a police officer in the United States.
50 homes have been destroyed in a fire at the Mae La refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border on Monday night. No one was injured but 300 people are now homeless.
