BAN MAE NAI SOI CAMP, Thailand, November 22 (UNHCR) - With the opening Wednesday of the first of seven planned legal assistance centres, tens of thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand should soon ...
On August 26, Thailand’s cabinet approved measures allowing Myanmar refugees living in camps along the border to work legally. For many, it will be the first formal employment of their lives. About ...
Thailand’s refugee camps for Myanmar nationals, especially the Karen, were established from the late 1980s to shelter those fleeing decades of armed conflict and persecution. However, with no legal ...