linsi wrote:

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I feel so sad about the Hmong refugees and the sad flights
of all refugees in the world.

In my own point of view, it is because of a corrupt government
that they create this miserable situation.

:(

This is jacques shared article. an excerpt says,

Jun 25, 8:49 AM EDT


Thailand begins to relocate 7,700 Hmong refugees to tightly controlled compound

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The Thai military on Monday began to relocate about 7,700 Hmong refugees, who claim to have fled persecution in Laos, military officials said.

The relocation will enable the military to better prevent more Lao Hmong from illegally crossing the border and sneaking into the current makeshift settlement, as well as improve sanitation to prevent epidemics, Col. Banyong Sirasunthorn said.

The relocation will take about three weeks.

"We have built better homes for them, equipped with toilets," Banyong said.

The Lao Hmong began to arrive in Phetchabun province's Huay Nam Khao village, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Lao border, in 2004 and moved into local homes.

Then in June 2005 the refugees built flimsy shacks along the road in Huay Nam Khao after local landlords evicted them for fear of being imprisoned for sheltering them.

one form of relief for the bleak future of these people

Dear Linsi,

For you to be able to empathise with the refugees I would like to give you a quote by Edward Said who was an exile himself:

The fact that one is forced to leave his native place he has this to say - "Exile is strongely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unbearable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home; its essential sadness can never be surmounted."

One may be well off materially in one's adopted country (if one is lucky to be granted asylum without having had to go through years of uncertainty in a processing camp or detentuion centre)but the thought of losing one's country will not ease the pain though.

One may be lucky if one can rebuild a new live once resettled but there are other issues like your children being caught in between two or more cultures and it need a lot of skills and understanding to reconcile the conflict that arise.

You have to be one to feel the life of a refugee. One good thing we all have is 'resilience'.

Hi Linsi,

I have been very moved by the picture of the Chi Ma Wan in Hong Kong in 1984.

It was the year I have been assigned to Hong Kong and during our three years there, my wife worked as a volunteer in this camp.

Jacques wrote:

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Hi Linsi,

I have been very moved by the picture of the Chi Ma Wan in Hong Kong in 1984.

It was the year I have been assigned to Hong Kong and during our three years there, my wife worked as a volunteer in this camp.

hi jacques

yeah, that is a popular one, i experienced working
with a dental team in the vietnamese refugee camp in manila when i wa sin college- and it was really challenging,

couples do work as a team, that is very ideal, even in misionary works here, most specially in china, tibet and cambodia.

but the people's condition are very hard

pokkha wrote:

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We can only empathize with the hardship they're going through. I can tell that living in a refugee camp is a daily struggle because you have to worry about your survival.

The photos show more than what our words can say. :blink:

Like many Afghans in Pakistan, Abdul Quados has little desire to return to his home province of Nangarhar.

QUETTA, 20 June 2007 (IRIN) - For Abdul Quados, a resident of the Katwai refugee camp in Pakistan’s sparsely populated Balochistan Province, returning to his home province of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan is simply not an option.

“I won’t return to my homeland. There is no security there,” Quados, 47, said at his shoe shop outside the camp, 300km south of the provincial capital, Quetta, where he is able to earn just over US$150 a month to support his family.

“I certainly can’t earn that kind of money if I return. How will I take care of my family?” the father-of-nine asked.



http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72835


Afghan refugees run into Pakistan



Afghan refugees wait for tents and blankets<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2007/07/08 18:57