Writer
Opinion
Many
people around the world deserve the freedom to travel and freedom to work.
Others have learned to take for granted that they are unable to do so.
Thousands of refugees from Burma have lived confined to the camps in Thailand
for 30 years ago. Although refugee camps are hardly natural places to live,
thousands have been born in the camps and never left. For the vast majority of
them, the only way of life they have ever known is one forced to be dependent
on outside assistance. For many young refugees, refugee camps are where they
were born and where they grew up, and the only reality they have ever seen exists
within the fences of the camp. Nowadays, there are over 140,000 refugees along
Thai-Burma border. Among these, around 80,000 are new arrivals in refugee
camps.
No
one suspected that they have to live in refugee camp for the whole life.
Majority of the refugees in the camps are Karen (79.1%) or Karenni (10.3%) from
eastern Burma (TBC, December, 2014), who have fled armed conflicts and terrible
human rights abuse and torture by the junta Burmese military.
Many
new refugees arrival are asking only one question in these years. They are
curious what the difference between refugee and new refugee is. However, it
hugely caused the misunderstanding among them. Majority new arrival refugees assume
that;
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There are several authorities control the refugee
camps in Thai-Burma border. They are MOI, UNHCR, KRC and Camp Commander. Within
these organization, they all are link together in working officially.
All in all, this report mainly focus on why new
arrivals should go to third country. You may also concern the advantages,
disadvantages and challenges of living in refugee camp or repatriation to
Burma. Finally, this report is going to show the good points of resettlement in
third country.
