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As thousands of Karen wait in resettlement camps, others already settled in foreign lands discover new challenges to their future...
Heh Nay Thaw has lived in refugee camps in Thailand for nearly a quarter-century since he crossed the border from Burma with his family at age five. He is now 29, with a wife and two children, and the long years of waiting for a permanent home may soon be over.
Like many of his fellow Karen, Heh Nay Thaw gave up hope that he could ever return to Karen State and applied for resettlement outside Asia—possibly in the US.
“There is nothing here to improve our life,” said Heh Nay Thaw at the Mae La camp in Thailand’s Tak Province. “That’s why our family decided if the [resettlement] door is open for us, we will go to escape from this terrible compound.”...
