Refugees face food
shortage
Nai
Chan Mon, IMNA
The political refugees from Tham Hin and Ban Don Yang camps
claimed they have not enough support and they are facing food shortage.
Refugees received 15 Kgs
of rice, 1.5 Kgs bean, 1 Kg of fish-pate and one
liter of oil a month per head. They were given 5 Kgs
of charcoal and some wood for cooking.
"We cannot complain to anybody. They
just give us such amount. What should we do," a Tham
Hin refugee said.
According to refugees in Ban Don Yang, they
also received same amount and they also were banned to go out the camps.
"After all of the food gone, what should
we do, we can't go out the camps to work for food. We have no job to work in
camp. How could we survive?" the refugee added.
Tham Hin
refugee camp is situated in an isolated mountainous area about two hours drive
west of
"The authorities force us to stay like
these refugees. They think we can survive like Karen or Mon refugees in the
camp. But we can't go out for work like these refugees. So we don't have money.
Nobody support us. We just eat what the authorities gave us," a Ban Don
Yang refugee said.
"Every week, two or three days we have
faced some problems in our family because we have to eat only bean, and bad
water. My children and elders regularly have diarrhea," he added.
The political refugees from these two camps
received same quota of food like other Karen refugees who have been there a
decade ago.
Many refugees feel depress to stay in the
camp and some refugees tried to flee from the camp. A refugee from Tham Hin fled the camp and not
returned. The authorities are also busy with this case, according to a refugee.
Although 12 representatives from EU visited
these camps in May, no out come has been seen or any changes, say the refugees.
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