Karen Refugees Face Forced Return

(05 Feb 10 - RV) The Thai Government and local military leaders are threatening to force 3,000 Karen refugees living in temporary camps along the Thailand-Burma border to return to Burma today.


The refugees fled into Thailand in June 2009 following a military offensive by the Burma Army and the pro-regime militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), in Karen State, Eastern Burma.

The press officer at Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Theresa Malinowska told us more about the situation the refugees are facing