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Thai Catholics assist Myanmar's Karen refugees


Thai Catholics assist Myanmar s Karen refugees
Catholic charity s assistance contrasts with the Thai government s unwelcoming policy
Updated: April 22, 2021 08:31 AM GMT
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Karen refugees near the Salween River in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, on March 29. (Photo: Karen Women s Organization)
Catholics in a northern Thai province have been supporting thousands of displaced Karen refugees from Myanmar in stark contrast to the Thai government’s unwelcoming policy regarding refugees and migrants from the military-ruled neighboring country.
Church leaders joined by Catholics in Chiang Mai have welcomed and supported thousands of Karen refugees with aid after they fled their homes in Myanmar’s Kayin state and hid in the forest near the Thanlyin River on the Thai-Myanmar border. ....

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Thailand denies forcing back Myanmar refugees blocked at border


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MAE SARIANG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai authorities on Monday denied forcing back more than 2,000 refugees who had fled air strikes in Myanmar, but a local official said it was government policy for the army to block them at the border and deny access to outside aid groups.
Thousands of people fled Myanmar over the weekend after fighter jets attacked villages near the border held by a force from the Karen ethnic group that had attacked a military post in the wake of a Feb. 1 coup by Myanmar’s army.
Mark Farmaner, head of Burma Campaign UK, told Reuters that thousands of people had been forced to return to the Ee Thu Hta displacement camp on the Myanmar side of the border. Another activist group gave the number as 2,009. ....

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