For more than 60 years, Burma’s ethnic minority — the Karen — has been fighting for an autonomous state in the east of the country.
Under the current Burmese government — a military junta that violently suppresses ethnic freedoms — the pressure on the Karen is intensifying and they continue to flee across the border to neighbouring Thailand.
This week, Australia has pledged to boost its Burmese refugee intake because they’re in the “most in need” category.
In tonight’s Dateline, Sophie McNeill visits a refugee camp of 100-thousand mainly Karen refugees on the Thai-Burmese border, where she meets a remarkable 24-year-old activist.
Sophie McNeill is speaking with Adam Connors.
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