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Myanmar refugees in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A married couple who are refugees from Myanmar attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Five families, including the couple's, arrived in Japan in 2010 as the first batch of 90 refugees from Myanmar that the Japanese government plans to accept from the Mera refugee camp in northwestern Thailand over a three-year period. The couple's family and another family have refused to work for a farm in Chiba Prefecture where they settled due to the working conditions.

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Myanmar refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Photo shows Camp Mera in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar on Feb. 8, 2011. A Japanese government mission plans to begin interviewing refugees who want to go to Japan from the next day.

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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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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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees rest at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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Myanmar refugees in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A married couple who are refugees from Myanmar attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Five families, including the couple's, arrived in Japan in 2010 as the first batch of 90 refugees from Myanmar that the Japanese government plans to accept from the Mera refugee camp in northwestern Thailand over a three-year period. The couple's family and another family have refused to work for a farm in Chiba Prefecture where they settled due to the working conditions. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees rest at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Photo shows Camp Mera in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar on Feb. 8, 2011. A Japanese government mission plans to begin interviewing refugees who want to go to Japan from the next day. (Kyodo)