Thai soldiers are forcing refugees to return to Myanmar
The government does not want them to settle in Thailand
IF YOU DO not leave by tomorrow morning, we will burn your encampment to the ground, the Thai soldiers told Htun May (not her real name) and other Burmese refugees in the makeshift camp on the border with Myanmar. There was not much to feed the flames: tarpaulin tents, some clothes, disposable lunch boxes and whatever meagre possessions the refugees could grab before fleeing their country.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Sold down the river”
Asia April 16th 2022
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