Kachin plight reveals Burma?s patchy progress

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?"Welcome to our new Kachin townships," the camp administrator said sarcastically as he guided us down the muddy path leading to one of the dozens of refugee camps scattered through Kachin, the thin sliver of land which forms Burma?s northernmost region. Makeshift shelters constructed from canvas and bamboo are now home for thousands of internally displaced people. The United Nations refugee agency say there are more than 50,000 displaced people here, the Kachin put the figure much higher..."

Creator/author: 

Sue Lloyd Roberts

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BBC Newsnight

Date of Publication: 

2012-04-02

Date of entry: 

2012-04-03

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English

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