After escalating fighting once again in Lay Kay Kaw in the south of Myawady in Myanmar-Thai border, those who have taken refuge in Thailand are unable to return to their native places even after 18 days.
One refugee there side said, "The BGF commander from Myanmar side came to call us back to our village. We too want to go back. Now, the year 2022 has arrived, and till now we cannot go back. We heard that fighting is still going on in Lay Kay Kaw".
It has been learnt that in Mekokin war refugee camp in Thailand there are 4,000 Myanmar refugees, and in another refugee camp and on the Thaungyin river bank there are over 2,000 refugees. Till today, about 6,000 Myanmar citizens have been unable to go back to their homes.
One refugee in Kyaukkhat war refugee camp in Myanmar also said, "Yesterday some families known to us went back. They could not get into their houses when they got back to the village. They were kept in some other places. This morning they came back to the Kyaukkhat war refugee camp. It is no way possible to go back to the village".
It was learnt that over 10,000 people from 10 villages from that region including Lay Kay Kaw, known as a town of peace, could not go back to their villages, and that in the refugee camps in Myanmar are having food shortages.
