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Nai Soi Village

More than 100,000 people are living in refugee camps along the border between Burma and Thailand. Hundreds of thousands more hide in jungles on the Burma side. All have been forced from their homes and have suffered opression at the hands of successive regimes and by the Burmese military junta. They are the Karen people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Burma.

Forced re-settlement and labor, incarceration, denial of political representation and citizenship status rights violations have led thousands of Karen to move into Thailand. While they have a better life there, their status is yet unsure.

I have more Karen photos, whether of Padaung women and Long Ears women.

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