More Karen refugees forced back across border despite Thailand’s denials (Video)

A nonprofit child welfare organization this morning shared additional video evidence of ethnic Karen forced back across the Salween River into Myanmar, where they had fled military air strikes, refuting Thailand’s claims they had been allowed to remain.

The Friends Without Borders Foundation, a nonprofit promoting child welfare in Southeast Asia, said Karen refugees continued to be forced back last night, and the only evidence of any under Thai military “care” were some trapped on the banks by barbed wire installed to prevent them from entering Thailand.

“We inquired about this and found that some refugees couldn’t make it to the boats in time, so they had to lie next to the river with some barbed wires set there by Thai authorities to prevent them from entering Thailand. Therefore, such places may not exactly be ‘safe places’ like Thai authorities…