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MP wants Burmese deported



                                        December 26, 1998 
                       BORDER

 MP wants Burmese
 deported 

 Accusing them of damaging forest 

 Cheewin Sattha 
 Mae Hong Son

 An MP for Mae Hong Son has urged the repatriation of more than
 30,000 Burmese refugees to Burma to ease grievances of Thai people
 living along the border.

 Dempocrat MP Panya Jinakham said he will soon invite the chairman
 of the House defence committee to inspect refugee camps in Mae
 Hong Son so that the MP will know about problems caused by Karen
 war refugees here and push for talks between Bangkok and Rangoon
 for the repatriation of these refugees.

 He said many refugees in this northern province frequently steal
 agricultural produce of Thai villagers and also cause damage to forests
 and streams.

 Meanwhile, an informed source said the province's plan to move some
 11,000 Karen refugees in Ban Mai Nai Soi to Pang Khwai Shelter in
 Muang District must be delayed due to the lack of money as the
 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has
 refused to fund the five-million-baht relocation.

 Each year, it costs the government more than ten million baht to buy
 food for more than 33,000 war refugees at all four shelters in Mae
 Hong Son.

                                                       


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