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Karen refugee camps in Thailand (6 P) Pages in category "Refugee camps in Thailand" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Songkurai was the location of three work camps. The first 393 Australian prisoners arrived on 25 May 1943. [3] In August 1943, [4] the British 'F' Force consisting of 670 British and 1,020 Australian prisoners was concentrated at Songkurai. [3]
Pages in category "Karen refugee camps in Thailand" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Thai police or paramilitaries regularly apprehend camp residents and either return them to camp if the refugees pay sufficient bribes, or send them to one of Thailand's Immigration Detention Centers and then deport them to Burma. [113] [114] Refugees in the camps find themselves subject to abuse and exploitation at the hands of other refugees ...
Songkhla looking west from Khao Tangkuan, c. 1930. Songkhla's Nakhon Nok Rd., c. 1932. The name Songkhla means 'the city of lions' (not to be confused with Singapura) and is the Thai variant of "Singgora" (Malay and Jawi: سيڠڬورا). This refers to a lion-shaped mountain near the city of Songkhla.
Mae La is the largest refugee camp for Karen refugees in Thailand. Over 90% are the persecuted ethnic Karen. [3] The camps are overseen and run by the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), a union of 11 international non-governmental organizations that provide food, shelter and non food items to the Burmese refugees and displaced people. [4]
Wendy McCance, director of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Bangladesh, warned that international funding for the camp would run out within 10 years and called for refugees to be given "livelihood ...
Pages in category "Former refugee camps in Thailand" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.