Thais send Myanmar refugees back

Survival raft: A refugee carrying donated goods along the Moei River in Mae sot, Thailand – to be carried back to the Myanmar side. — AP

THE young woman from Myanmar and her family now live amid the tall grasses of a riverbank on the Thai border, trapped between a country that does not want them and a country whose military could kill them.

Like thousands of others fleeing mounting violence after a military takeover in Myanmar last February, Hay left her village for neighbouring Thailand in search of a safe haven that does not exist.