Terminal Sanctuary

Description: 

Refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border keep many safe from persecution at home, but Thailand?s restrictive administrative policies offer little hope for the future... "When Karen refugees first began trickling across the Burmese border into Thailand, they were put into ?temporary? refugee camps administered by the Bangkok government. Now, 20 years on, they have been joined by thousands more, and while the string of border camps are still called temporary, with fighting still raging across the border there seems no end in sight..."

Creator/author: 

Edward Blair

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 7

Date of Publication: 

2005-07-00

Date of entry: 

2006-04-30

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

Englilsh

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