I had got 13 of Special passenger onboard in my zone of the NewYork bound flight today.3 families. They are from Myanmar, but without any nationality,there are refugee. They come under the IOM organization. I am wondering ...why do they have to cross almost 1/2 of the globe to US because of war in their country or other reasons? Their have all kind of facial expression on their face...but no 'happy" expression at all. I wish them all the best...may be after 1o yrs, those small kids will become some important people...
Here are some information on refugees that i found from IOM website:
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/media/press-briefing-notes/pbnAS/cache/offonce?entryId=25500
They are from Thai-Myanmar border, Kareni (from Karen Tribe), and US "offered to resettle up to 50,000 refugees from Site 1 and three other camps in Mae Hong Son province. The decision followed earlier US decisions to offer resettlement to up to 100,000 other refugees from camps to the south in Tak and Kanchanaburi provinces. "
