Smiles of children in the refugee camp = November 2021, Myanmar Cain (provided by the author)
"A dark tunnel with no visible exit." When I sneaked into a refugee camp in Cain, eastern Myanmar (formerly Karen), which is bordered by Thailand, such words came to my mind. The fear of being attacked by the army, the discounted food and medical care, and the invisible anxiety. People who escaped the crackdown have a tragic feeling. However, at the same time, there were some people who were trying to survive the children's playful smiles and their days. (Southeast Asian journalist Yasuko Torisako) "No entry except for those involved" 3 hours from Maeson, the northern part of Thailand. Running on the bumpy mountain road and driving the Salwin river, which separates the border, and traveling to Myanmar over 45 minutes by boat, see the signs written in Karen (Myanmar, ethnic and Karen languages). Has entered. The area is dominated by the Karen armed forces and can enter Myanmar on an unofficial route. In November 2021, I accompanied me with a support organization visiting from Thailand. She infiltrated the displaced person camp to know the reality of the ethnic minority of the Myanmar army. Only Myanmar sailors go to the riverbank checkpoint, where the armed forces jurisdiction, and wait on the ship. He wasn't confirmed his identity, probably because he was with Thai officials. Around 2:00 pm, when the sun shines, gets off the ship with the help of the sailor. As we scraped the dusty grass, a high -floor house was shining and shook while deep green was growing. I suddenly heard a laugh. Looking back, the children ran through a small bicycle. In the shade of trees, several children surround the smartphone and shut off the anime on the screen. "Is this a refugee camp?" I was puzzled by the fact that the air was flowing much more than I envisioned. ■ Only notebook PCs on the table, the life of a refugee camp is said to have more than 2,000 people living in five separated sites.In the areas of Karen's armed forces, the battle with the army has continued for decades.When the situation worsened in 2006 during the military administration, villagers in various places fled to the jungle and made a camp.Fifteen years after the transfer of civil government, the Myanmar government and the armed forces signed a ceasefire agreement.Relatively calm days continued, but the situation worsened again after the military coup in February 2001.According to refugees, military bombs are frequent within 5 kilometers in the camp.Although there are no victims in the camp, it seems that the attacked nearby injured people may be transported. camp leader, I was guided to a high -floor house. All houses are made of wood, and when you step on it, you will hear a mission and a mission. There were no home appliances such as fan, refrigerators, and television, but there was a personal computer on the table, and it smelled just that. Since no transmission and distribution equipment is found in the village, the power of the solar panel may be used. After a while, several leaders, Kodo (male, 48), came in. Everyone was uniformly thin and some of them were tattered. Kodo sits on the wall and tends to look down. There was a big difference from the energy of the children I met first. "I want the army to stop killing citizens anyway. I want you to appeal more from the international community." Kodo, who talked so, fled his family in 2006 with his hometown village. Kodo calls for further humanitarian support, saying that "food and medical supplies are decreasing." In 2006-08, many food support came from the international community, but decreased since 2009. Following the ceasefire agreement in 2015, food distribution was suspended in 2017 from the major support group, the border consortium (TBC). Currently, some organizations are supporting them. However, the road from the city on the Thai side, which is the support source, is a dangerous mountain road that is likely to fall. In addition, there were times when domestic movements in Thailand were restricted to prevent the new colon virus infection. It is not easy to deliver support. ■ Clinic without air conditioner, the sick person suddenly died in the room during the interview on the tiled floor. I don't understand the words, but the tense air spreads. When I was translated, it seemed that a sudden sick person came out. I stopped the interview once and went to see the situation with Kodo and others. The only clinic was a concrete one -story house. There is only a simple medical kit such as a bandage and medicine, and there is no electric fan under the scorching sun. Fortunately, the condition of the sudden illness seems to have calmed down, but because the equipment is insufficient, it must be transported to the Thai side if it is severe. After the interview, he was invited to a dinner with Kodo and his colleagues. I had to cross the stream to visit one house, so I wet my shoes and proceeded. When passed through a place like a dining room in a stairwell, dishes were served one after another, including fried chicken, paste beef, and fish soups along with white rice. It looks the same as Thai food. If you carry chicken to your mouth, it will spread the beast smell in your mouth with the elasticity that you have never eaten in Thai urban areas. The strong chicken, which I saw earlier, was running through the field full of power came to my mind. After hearing that food shortage, it seems to be a feast that has been served. When I told myself that I should never leave it, I continued to eat unnecessarily, and Kodo's face, which had been powerful, became brighter. The story is much more than when the interview. Kodo smiled, saying, "I want you to come here again," when he said, "Aloi Mark (very delicious)" because Thai passed through Thai. ■ "I have no choice but to be here," and after a meal that suffers from the child's future, I walked in the camp, and I saw the children playing soccer in the field. Everywhere, there are only children. About half of more than 2,000 people living here are children. Many children grow up here and grow up with only the isolated world. Neo (female, 21), who fled from the village who lived at the age of six, is one of them. She said, "I don't know what will happen in the future, but I have no choice but to stay here." Neipo raises two children here. She says, "Her parents who couldn't come physically remain in the village and couldn't meet. If they left the camp, they might be attacked or tortured by the army." Speaking of the children's future, they stay in the camp and continue to live like a tightrope, or they illegally entered the Thailand side to get a job called "3K (dangerous, dirty, tight)". That two choices. If you enter the country illegally, you will not have any rights of workers, or you will be fooled by a broker and become victims of personal trading, and many debts are controlled. Nype's suffering as a mother is transmitted. Despite the worries of Neipo, the children run around with a laugh. While she saw her innocently, she had a gentle smile on her uneasy face. ■ "Don't forget", and when you left the guilt camp to leave, the Thai people who accompanied me handed some Thai cash (baht) to Kodo. It is said that Thai buries is distributed instead of Myanmar currency (chat), and food is also preferred. Most of the residents speak Thai. Kodo laughs, "Because Thailand is close here, is it natural?" The camp is in Myanmar, but the displaced feelings may be closer to Thailand, which continues to support. Kodo and Thai were laughing forever while joking. Under the pierced sunlight, I heard the guitar sound from nowhere. I don't know where the singer is playing, but the powerful singing voice resonates all over. Everyone stopped speaking and left himself to the sound. Listening to a sorrowful ballad, I was guilty of leaving them in a dark tunnel. The camping I visited was a place full of the sorrow and anxiety of the refugees, contrary to the calm appearance. Among them, people were looking for fun and desperately trying to live. However, it is too harsh to try to find hope in the future in their circumstances. Can the international community only kill them as they are? When he greeted him, Kodo said, "Don't forget about us." Behind it, the paint of the painful guitar was always colored the mountains that were illuminated by the sunset. ────────────────────────────── ■深刻化する戦闘被害、日系企業は行動を 筆者がキャンプを訪れた１カ月Later, in December 2021, the army raided Laykei Village in Cain. To date, both the military and the armed forces have been killed or injured. According to US media Radio Free Asia (RFA), the leak of refugees to Thailand exceeded 6,000 by December 29. The Etuta Ceremony Camp is far from Raykeiko Village and has not been directly damaged. On the 24th, in the village of Kaya, the eastern part of Cain, the army killed more than 30 displaced women, including women and children, who were trying to escape the battle. On the membership exchange site (SNS), images of the body, which seemed to have been buried with the vehicle on the truck bed, spread. In the state's capital, Loyco, 60,000, two -thirds of the citizens, are evacuating to the adjacent Shang Shanghang. Local Myanmar people have received voices to the author every day, saying, "I want you to strongly appeal to the army from Japan, which is strong in politics and economics in terms of politics and economics." Japanese governments and companies should fully reconsider the investment and business development in Myanmar, which have been infringed on human rights, and take action that contribute to the democratization of Myanmar. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─ I, I it, After five years in Thailand, she became independent in October 2005. She writes as a free journalist on the economy and humanitarian issues in Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Twitter account "@hatarisako" * Special contribution is NNA's free media "NNA Campasal" February 2022 最終更新:NNA
