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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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