Thai-Burma Border Refugee Camps Profiled in The Irrawaddy

MMC supports a number of residences in the camps along the Thai/Burma Border. This year, a special issue of the IRRAWADDY Magazine featuring the lives of the Burmese Refugees on the Thai/Burma Border was published in October.


Link: http://www.irrawaddy.org/




Link to that Issue On Line: http://www.irrawaddy.org/magazine.php


ARTICLES


A Sad, Sad Celebration
Twenty-five years of challenges and achievements for the Thailand Burma Border Consortium—and no end in sight. JIM ANDREWS reports.
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Peace in Name only
DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON explains why war and refugees will remain a fact of life in Burma’s borderlands as long as the causes of conflict are not addressed.
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A State of Fear
Caught in the crossfire of Burma’s civil war, hundreds of thousands of Karen, Karenni, Mon and Shan are trapped in No Man’s Land, reports SAW YAN NAING.
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Homesick
YENI finds that even after years of living on the Thai-Burmese border, most Karen refugees hope to return to Burma one day.
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Blending In
Unlike other ethnic minorities, the Shan are seldom recognized as refugees and must keep a low profile to survive in Thailand. KO HTWE reports.
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A Fresh Start
Resettlement programs offer tens of thousands of refugees the chance of a new life in the West, writes YENI.
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Entangled in Red Tape
The jobs are waiting for Burmese refugees in Thailand, but the road to them is full of obstacles.
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MMC is an active supporter of these camps along the Thai-Burma border. To view our project page click here.