Refugees have reported being pressured by a certain charity group to leave their camps and return to their homes.
Refugees belonging to the Palaung, Lisu and Lishaw ethnic groups have been unable to return to their homes but have been under pressure by the charity group to leave Monghsu, where they are currently lodging.
“It seems like since they are Shan people from Nantkhone. They want to drive other groups out. They say in the Shan language: ‘Why are you not leaving yet? What else do you want?’ The places that the Shan people returned to are not danger zones. Regions such as Nant Par Mone, home to some of those ethnic minority refugees, are completely occupied by Bama (Myanma) soldiers. This means they are being pressured to go back to a place with both the military and the Shan armed groups, where a battle can start anytime. Both sides are still very tense,” said refugee Kyaw Kyaw Oo. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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