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Myanmar refugees find hope in Thai garbage dump

2012-06-04 139 Dailymotion

An estimated 150,000 refugees from Myanmar are currently in camps across the border in Thailand.<br /><br />Many live in grinding poverty but it is an improvement from life in their home country, even for one community living in a garbage dump.<br /><br />Families scrape together an income from other people's rubbish, with many children missing school to scavenge alongside the adults.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Alea Callan reports from outside the border town of Mae Sot.

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