This is the sound of the road into Ban Mai Nai Soi Refugee Camp, via truck. The road is heavily rutted, consistently under-maintained, and often becomes a literal mud pit during the rainy season. It is used by countless individuals, refugees and aid workers alike, to travel to and from camp on a daily basis.
Taken from The Border Consortium (TBC), 2018: Ban Mai Nai Soi is the northernmost camp in Thailand and has a population of more than 10,000 people, almost all of whom are of Karenni/Kayah ethnicity and come from the state of the same name in Burma/Myanmar. Around 2 percent of residents come from areas in Shan State. The camp dates back to 1989, when an original refugee settlement of this name was established on the Karenni/Kayah side of the border. The group moved many times before they finally settled at the camp’s present location in March 1996, with a population of around 1,700. Six years later, two other camps, Ban Tractor and Ban Kwai, were consolidated with Ban Mai Nai Soi to make one camp. Read More >
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AuthorDuncan Chalmers and the students of the 8th Annual Advanced Course at SDC. |