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    Lead Story News Refugees

    Conservation areas could prevent Karen refugee return

    Plans to create two parks to protect swathes of mountainous jungle in Burma could stop more than 16,000 refugees who fled conflict from going home.

    Mae La refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border. (PHOTO: Feliz Solomon/DVB)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Refugees

    What will election mean for Thai-border refugees?

    For the 110,000 living in refugee camps, hopes are high that a hated government will be defeated, but fears remain of an uncertain future.

    Education Feature Karenni Lead Story News Refugees

    Refugee students learn life’s lessons

    Close to the Burmese-Thai border, young Karenni refugees study desperately to gain acceptance into universities worldwide. But with talks of repatriation echoing through the camps, it’s unsure how long they are to stay there.

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    Lead Story News Peace Process Refugees

    ‘No respite from militarisation’ in southeast Burma: TBC

    The Border Consortium says that the increase in military presence in the region is being increasingly driven by resource extraction and commercial development.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees

    Refugees worried amid lack of govt transparency

    Refugees from Burma residing in Thai border camps are concerned about the lack of transparency from Thai authorities regarding repatriation, in light of a recent census poll being conducted in the camps.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Burmese border situation undisturbed by Thai coup

    Burma’s border crossings to Thailand remain open; meanwhile aid workers do not envisage any disruption to the delivery of supplies to refugees along the Thai-Burmese border.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Thai border refugee population down 7 percent

    TBC says only 3.4 percent of the December camp population returned to Burma versus 6 percent who were resettled to third countries.

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    US refugee resettlement programme draws to a close

    The United States resettlement programme for Burma’s refugees living in Thailand has officially ended, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday.

    News Politics

    Fearing repatriation, Mae La refugees shun profiling survey

    More than 3,600 refugees in Mae La camp have signed a petition refusing to participate in a profiling survey, claiming the questionnaire solicits answers that favour repatriation

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