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Tuesday, November 23 5:44 PM SGT=20

Thailand 14,000 Myanmar Refugees Moved To Safer Camp
BANGKOK (AP)--Over 14,000 Myanmar refugees staying in Thailand have been =
moved to a new camp less vulnerable to cross-border attack from Myanmar, =
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday.=20
Since August, two camps in the northern Thai province of Tak, both =
holding around 7,000 mostly ethnic Karen refugees, have been transported =
to a single large site which is further inland from the frontier with =
Myanmar, also known as Burma.=20

The two camps that have been closed, Mawker and Huay Kalok, had come =
under repeated attack from Yangon-backed forces. Huay Kalok was torched =
in consecutive years, killing several refugees, and prompting calls for =
a safer site to be found.=20

Some 120,000 refugees shelter in camps close to the Thai-Myanmar border, =
after fleeing mass relocations and fighting between Karen rebels and the =
Myanmar military.=20

Many are loyal to the Karen National Union, which has been fighting for =
autonomy from Yangon for five decades and is the only major ethnic army =
which hasn't signed a ceasefire with the regime.=20

The last families from Mawker camp, about 370 kilometers northeast of =
Bangkok, were moved six days ahead of schedule to the new Umpium camp in =
Tak province Monday, with help from the Thai authorities, the UNHCR said =
in a statement.=20


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<DIV>Tuesday, November 23 5:44 PM SGT </DIV>
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<DIV>Thailand 14,000 Myanmar Refugees Moved To Safer Camp<BR>BANGKOK =
(AP)--Over=20
14,000 Myanmar refugees staying in Thailand have been moved to a new =
camp less=20
vulnerable to cross-border attack from Myanmar, the United Nations High=20
Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday. <BR>Since August, two camps in =
the=20
northern Thai province of Tak, both holding around 7,000 mostly ethnic =
Karen=20
refugees, have been transported to a single large site which is further =
inland=20
from the frontier with Myanmar, also known as Burma. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The two camps that have been closed, Mawker and Huay Kalok, had =
come under=20
repeated attack from Yangon-backed forces. Huay Kalok was torched in =
consecutive=20
years, killing several refugees, and prompting calls for a safer site to =
be=20
found. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Some 120,000 refugees shelter in camps close to the Thai-Myanmar =
border,=20
after fleeing mass relocations and fighting between Karen rebels and the =
Myanmar=20
military. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Many are loyal to the Karen National Union, which has been fighting =
for=20
autonomy from Yangon for five decades and is the only major ethnic army =
which=20
hasn't signed a ceasefire with the regime. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The last families from Mawker camp, about 370 kilometers northeast =
of=20
Bangkok, were moved six days ahead of schedule to the new Umpium camp in =
Tak=20
province Monday, with help from the Thai authorities, the UNHCR said in =
a=20
statement. </DIV>
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