Mae La Oon refugee camp: Living in limbo
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.
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From Karen refugee camp to English league football
INTERVIEW: Recently signed for Sheffield United, rising star Kler Heh speaks to DVB about his new life as a professional footballer in England.
Karen football star wants to play for Burma
Born in Thailand and now holding a British passport, rising football star Kler Heh declares his allegiance to Burma.
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Karen refugee signs for English football team
Born and raised in the Umpiem camp in Thailand, Kler Heh, 18, is a skilful winger who has signed for Sheffield United this season.
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Karen refugee becomes cop in US
Saw Lar Htoo has become the first Karen refugee to graduate as a police officer in the United States.
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UNHCR raises concerns over Burmese refugee repatriation
Burmese refugees living in Thailand will face challenges if they are repatriated, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
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Burmese refugees banned from leaving camps in Thailand
Thailand’s authorities have banned Burmese refugees living on the Thai-Burmese border from leaving their camps, while they conduct a census to determine the exact number of refugees living in the country.
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Kachin IDPs lose hope of returning home
DVB speaks to IDPs in Man Wain Gyi camp, where because on ongoing fighting, they have all but given up hope of going home any time soon.
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Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border
Film star and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visited a Karenni woman and her family at a refugee camp near the Thai-Burmese border on Friday, to mark World Refugee Day.
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Thai officials meet on repatriation of refugees
Thai security officials meet in Mae Sot to discuss how refugees from Burma living in camps by the Thai-Burmese border can be repatriated.
50 homes destroyed in Mae La refugee camp fire
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.
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Karen refugees seek safety guarantees
The Karen Refugee Committee says that refugees on the Thai-Burmese border believe they can only return to their homeland when there is a guarantee of safety following a nationwide ceasefire.
Fire destroys homes in Umphien refugee camp
Fire has displaced residents in the second-largest refugee camp on the Thai border.
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Fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp
Thirty-four wooden houses were burned down when an accidental fire ravaged a Rohingya refugee camp in Pauktaw township, Arakan State, on Thursday. No one was reported injured.
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A first New Year’s festival at the Shan camp
The refugees of Koung Jor camp decided to lay on their own Shan New Year’s festival for the first time inside the camp.
Karenni camp blaze an accident
Thai officials deny allegations of arson, insisting the fire that raged through the Mae Surin refugee camp in northern Thailand on Friday was an accident.
36 dead in refugee camp fire
Thirty six people have been killed and around 100 injured as a fire swept though the Mae Surin camp on the Thai-Burmese border.
