I attended the funeral of this old man in Northern Thailand. He had been living in the Mae La Burmese (Karen) refugee camp alongside the road outside Mae Sot Thailand for 25 years. One of the largest camps with over 40,000 residents, many of the Karens have spent years here.
The Thai government allows them to stay and they are allowed to work occasionally in Thailand to earn some extra money, but as they cannot return to Burma and they are not Thai citizens their future and the future of their children is very bleak
