By Saw Yan Naing/ The Irrawaddy | November 16, 2016 The Karen Refugee Committee (KRC), a community-based organization that has been facilitating the needs of Burmese refugees in Thailand, has said that they feel they were neglected in decision-making [...]
By S'phang Shaung/ Karen News | October 2, 2016 Representatives of the Karen National Union are holding a series of meetings with refugees at the nine Thai border camps to inform them about the peace process taking place inside the [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 5, 2016 When Saw Eh Doh Moo fled to Thailand during an outbreak of fighting in his village, he wasn’t scared — but he was exhausted and hungry. “I was used to hearing [...]
Karen News | September 2, 2016 Funding cuts have decreased food rations, negatively impacted already weakened health care and education systems, and a resettlement process has taken many in community leadership roles before replacements can be adequately trained. Refugees feel [...]
By S’Phan Shaung / KIC News, reported in English by Mark Inkey / Burma News International (BNI) | June 27, 2016 Attempted suicide rates at Mae La, the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border are higher than at other camps, with [...]
By Sa Isue for KIC News, reported in English by Mark Inkey for Burma News International (BNI) | June 27, 2016 Refugees at Mae La, the largest Burmese refugee camp in Thailand, have urged the Thai and Burmese governments not to [...]
By S'Phan Shaung/Karen News | May 2, 2016 Refugees responded to a senior Tak Province official speaking about the repatriation of the more than 100,000 refugees from Burma living in camps along the Thai-Burmese border by claiming that withdrawal of [...]
Saw Yan Naing, The Irrawaddy | April 7, 2016 Burma’s long-established ethnic Karen armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), has been preparing land and shelter for the possible return of civilians displaced internally and on the Thai-Burma border [...]
S’Phan Shaung / Karen News | December 3, 2015 Refugee camp officials on the Thai Burma are hugely concerned that suicides among camp residents are climbing. Saw Pha Htaw, social affair coordinator for Mae La refugee camp said that [...]
Burma Link | July 9, 2015 The following interview was conducted as part of the joint refugee voice project by Burma Link and Burma Partnership. On April 27, 2015, Burma Link and Burma Partnership launched a joint briefing paper, [...]