MYANMAR-THAILAND: Cyclone migrants face challenges


MAE SOT, 3 December 2008 (IRIN) – When Lynn Mon and his family arrived in the Thai border town of Mae Sot in June, they were penniless.

Cyclone Nargis had devastated their village in the Ayeyarwady Delta, destroying their home, farmland and livelihood, as well as killing 30 members of their family.

“We had to sell everything,” he told IRIN, “our land, farming equipment and jewellery. All we had left was the clothes we were wearing.
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