The A. has traveled mostly along the Burma-Thailand border, as well as in the Shan and Wa States, from Mongla (Chinese border) to Mae Sot and Kawthaung. In the introduction he gives a short history of these border areas and proceeds to a series
the sufferings of the ordinary ethnic Karen chased by the Burmese army from their mountainous homeland. In Thailand, confined in refugee’s camps, they loose their identity, become so-called IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and are not allowed to work. They can