Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MERA, Thailand - A Myanmar family leaves a refugee camp in Mera, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, for a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot ahead of their departure for Japan. The family was in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from the camp under a pilot program.

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