Episode 95: After years in camps, former IDPs rebuild their old lives

Thousands of Kachin civilians have spent almost ten years in IDP camps, waiting for peace in their homeland. Now the Tatmadaw is trying to forge a peace with the Kachin Independence Army and send the refugees back home.

Doh Athan, in partnership with Myitkyina News Journal speaks with families struggling to rebuild their old lives after so many years living in the camps, and also those who are still waiting for their chance to return home.

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