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  • Between the Thai and the Cambodian border, men transporting goods from one side to the other on hand held carriages next to people who are crossing the border of foot. On the background the Khmer architecture style gate that lays in teh middle of the no-man's-land..In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Goods that have just been transportrd through the border from Thailand to Cambodia in the Cambodian town Poipet. .In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Moto-taxi driver displaying his tattoos..In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Electronic rulete at the Cazino Holiday Palace. In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Man that transports goods with a hand-held carriage smoking a cigarete during a breack.<br />
In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Pastor Simon (60) in front of pictures of his family, in the Mae La refugee camp. Pastor Simon is a Karen refugee who used to teach theology at a university in Rangoon and has been living in the camp for 20 years. He is the director of Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Churches of the refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border and he runs the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School & College, a theology high school and college that has been functioning in the camp for 20 years. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Fields where te Burmese refugees of Mae La refugee camp grow their vegetables and rice. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen girl reading a translated Japanese manga inside one of the library buildings of Mae La refugee camp. The library is supported by "Shanti Volunteer Association" (www.sva.or.jp), a Japanese NGO. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Pataw (47) has been living in the camp for 7 years. He used to live at the Karen State in Myanmar/Burma and  for 3 years he was fighting with the Karen Liberation Arm. He was injured when during an offence towards the Burmese army he fell on a landmine. Then he was helped to escape. He lives inside the building of the Karen Handicap Welfare Association in Mae La camp. He has 3 children from 9 to 20 years old still living in Myanmar. He hopes that one day there will be freedom so that he ca return to his country and his family. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen couple: Ler Lay Kler (32) with his wife Shirley (29) and their child Cherry (14 months old), inside their house at Mae La refugee camp. Ler Lay comes from Mon state in Burma and has been to the camp since 1993. Shirley has been at the camp since 2005. They met and got married in the camp. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Schoolchildren inside the refugee school in Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen women doing their laundry and taking a bath next to a well inside Mae La refugee camp..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Man who was blinded during the fighting between the Karen liberation army that he was fighting with and the Burmese army troups, in the kitchen of the disabled people's home inside Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Esther Htoo (56) is ethnic Karen from Insei town near Rangoon. She came to Mae La refugee camp in 2004, together with her two sons. She hopes that her family will be accepted by the US government to relocated there as refugees..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Small boat crossing to Malaysia in Sungai Klolok town on the south border of Thailand. Many people who live near the border in both countries have a special permission to cross back and forth through the border as they have family members in both sides or they need to cross often for their business.
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  • Cazino sign and moto-taxi drivers. In the no-mans-land  between the border of Thailand and Cambodia near the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, there is a cazino town where mainly Thai customers go for a day or two to visit any of the 8 fancy cazinos there. At the same time, every morning Cambodian people cross the border on foot to go to their jobs in Thailand and the come back in the evening. Goods are also transported on wooden handheld carriages from one side to the other, passing through the Khmer gate that lays in the middle.
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  • Illegal crossing of people and goods between Burma (oposit side) and Thailand (this side) on a inflated track-tire tube that is pushed back and forth through the river on a regular basis, a few hundrends of meters away from the bridge that is the official border crossing.
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  • Budhist temple build in a Burmese style, outside Mae Sot city near the Thai-Burmese border.
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  • Migrant workers that are working in one of the many cheap labor factories which are located along the border with Burma, on a day of strike because of delayed wages. .Around Mae Sot there are many textile factories, the majority owned by foreign companies, where legal and illegal migrant workers work long hours for very low salaries, or often no salary at all as their bosses often take advantage of their weak position to cut off months of pay.
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  • Woman waiting to cross the river via the illegal crossing of people and goods between Burma and Thailand on a inflated track-tire tube that is pushed back and forth through the river on a regular basis, a few hundrends of meters away from the bridge that is the official border crossing.
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  • Illegal crossing of people and goods between Burma and Thailand on a inflated track-tire tube that is pushed back and forth through the river on a regular basis, a few hundrends of meters away from the bridge that is the official border crossing.
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  • The local imam in frond of the mosque where he serves, in Karbi village. .Karbi village is a small mushlim village near the border with Malaysia. The main production of the village is rubber.
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  • Father and son having breakfast in their house in Karbi village, a small mushlim village near the border with Malaysia. The main production of the village is rubber.
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  • Local men with gung, in charge of taking care of the protection of their village. Karbi village is a small mushlim village near the border with Malaysia. The main production of the village is rubber.
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  • At the point where Nam Ruak river meets Mekong river, the border of Burma (left), Laos (right) and Thailand (bottom) are meeting. That is the "official" center of the Golden Triangle. Sop Ruak is the Thai town located there and it is often called Golden Triangle.
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  • Refugees crossing the border to the Republic of Macedonia by following the train tracks. Busses come regularly to pick them up after they cross. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugees waiting by the cone that marks the Greek border, for their turn to cross. Busses come regularly to pick them up after they cross. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugees waiting on the train tracks near the border, for their turn to cross. Busses come regularly to pick them up after they cross. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugee child eating an ice-cream on the train tracks near the border. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugees who just arrived at Eidomeni border by bus. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Syrian refugee smoking the small narghile that carries in his luggage, as he is waiting to cross the border.<br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • The Yakobi family came from Ghazni city in Afghanistan. The father is a tailor and had a shop selling fabrics but they decided to leave because life there was dangerous. Explosions were happening almost every day and they were also worried about their children’s safety and whether they could go to school. They have been travelling for a month. They left Afghanistan by crossing to Iran where they were hit by the police at the border. They crossed to Greece via Mytilene island and they want to go to Germany. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugee mother with her child waiting for her turn to cross the border.<br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Refugees walking on a path towards the Eidomeni border, guided by GPS on their phones. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Mustapha Ahmed Jalal (21) with his wife (21) and their three children are from Talll Al Abyad city in Syria. They left from there 4 years ago and tried to make a life in Turkey where it was difficult to find jobs. They eventually decided to come to Europe and stay anywhere where they can be accepted. <br />
Refugees arrive at Eidomeni border by bus and some times on foot. There they can cross to the republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Suda (18) was born in the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai. She has been living at the premices of the NGO Children of the Golden Triangle for the last 8 years so that she can go to school, and hopes to go to University and become a mathematics or English teacher.
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  • Mushlim woman dressed in Malausian style clothes in a vilage near Narathiwat. In the south of Thailand the majority of the population is Mushlim and culturaly, many feel closer to Malaisia than Thailand.
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  • Man cutting wood at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Sunday morning church service at Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai. The village has become Christian during the last 10 years. Before that it followed the traditional animism Acha religion.
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  • Huei Naam Kun village is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai. There is no public transportation for going there and it's 51 families live a very traditional stylle. There was no electricity either until the World bank offered them a few years ago some sollar panels and now they can use electricity for a few hours every day. The village has always been peaceful but because of drug armies that were trying to force them to grow opium, the village had to relocate 6 times to escape them. It was originaly in Burma and it has been in the curent location in Thailand for the last 28 years.
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  • Akha girls Pratana (17) (left) and Aranya (17) (right) have both been living at the premises of the NGO "Children of The Golden Triangle" for about 9 years. They both want to become teachers so that they can go back to their villages and teach their people.
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  • Rotan Batu, also known informaly as "Widdows village" started functioning in 2004 as a project that was funded and created by Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who donated 20m baht ($514,000) of her own money to purchase the land on which the village is now located. Its purpose is to give shelter and work to mainly Muslim widows who lost their husbands during the insurgency in the south of Thailand. They now live there about 450 people, the widows together with other members of their families. The village is self sufficient as there is enough farm-land where they produce the vegetables and fruit for themselves and sell the extra production in local markets. They also create handcrafts which are sold as souvenirs in other parts of Thailand giving them some extra income. The village is considered quite safe but it is guarded by solders 24 h a day to make sure no attack happens there.
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  • Women farmng in Rotan Batu..Rotan Batu, also known informaly as "Widdows village" started functioning in 2004 as a project that was funded and created by Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who donated 20m baht ($514,000) of her own money to purchase the land on which the village is now located. Its purpose is to give shelter and work to mainly Muslim widows who lost their husbands during the insurgency in the south of Thailand. They now live there about 450 people, the widows together with other members of their families. The village is self sufficient as there is enough farm-land where they produce the vegetables and fruit for themselves and sell the extra production in local markets. They also create handcrafts which are sold as souvenirs in other parts of Thailand giving them some extra income. The village is considered quite safe but it is guarded by solders 24 h a day to make sure no attack happens there.
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  • Rohishamu (19) lost his legs when he was shot three years ago by a guy on a motorbike in a random shooting in Narathiwat. His mother Maresha managed to get them accepted in Rotan Batu village where they could find some peace.  .Rotan Batu, also known informaly as "Widdows village" started functioning in 2004 as a project that was funded and created by Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who donated 20m baht ($514,000) of her own money to purchase the land on which the village is now located. Its purpose is to give shelter and work to mainly Muslim widows who lost their husbands during the insurgency in the south of Thailand. They now live there about 450 people, the widows together with other members of their families. The village is self sufficient as there is enough farm-land where they produce the vegetables and fruit for themselves and sell the extra production in local markets. They also create handcrafts which are sold as souvenirs in other parts of Thailand giving them some extra income. The village is considered quite safe but it is guarded by solders 24 h a day to make sure no attack happens there.
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  • Students and teacher in front of the Attarkiah Islamiah institute in Narathiwat. This private school is the biggest islamic school in Thailand. It has about 4000 students who go there to study from all over Thailand and 223 teachers. It has middle-school and high-school  and together with the normal lessons the students are also taught the Koran and the islamic rules.
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  • Class at the Attarkiah Islamiah institute in Narathiwat. This private school is the biggest islamic school in Thailand. It has about 4000 students who go there to study from all over Thailand and 223 teachers. It has middle-school and high-school  and together with the normal lessons the students are also taught the Koran and the islamic rules.
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  • Students at the Mushlim school of the 300-Year Mosque..300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Graveyard next to the 300-year mosque. There, are buried 22 of the 78 Muslim people who died from suffocation or dehydration while being transported in trucks under police custody after being arrested during the 25th October 2004 protests outside the Tak Bai police station. The mosque is concidered as one of the most important hard-core mushlim locations in Southern Thailand.  .300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Man with birdcage in the fishermen's village that is attached to the city of Narathiwat, on the banks of Bang Nara river.
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  • Solder guarding the local army camp in Narathiwat.
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  • Fishermen's boats on Mecong river between Thailand and Laos near Sop Ruak town
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  • Morning light at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai. People in the village wake up at 4 am and go to sleep with the last daylight.
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  • Woman washing her hair at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Men playing a game at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha women dressed in traditional clothes, dancing a traditional dance during a festival at Huei Naam Kun village that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha women Milu (left - 55 years old) and Minee (right - 42 years old), near the rice-fields of the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha woman resting on a balcony of a traditional house at Huei Naam Kun village that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Rotan Batu, also known informaly as "Widdows village" started functioning in 2004 as a project that was funded and created by Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who donated 20m baht ($514,000) of her own money to purchase the land on which the village is now located. Its purpose is to give shelter and work to mainly Muslim widows who lost their husbands during the insurgency in the south of Thailand. They now live there about 450 people, the widows together with other members of their families. The village is self sufficient as there is enough farm-land where they produce the vegetables and fruit for themselves and sell the extra production in local markets. They also create handcrafts which are sold as souvenirs in other parts of Thailand giving them some extra income. The village is considered quite safe but it is guarded by solders 24 h a day to make sure no attack happens there.
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  • Mosque in a village in the south of Thailand where the majority of the population is Mushlim
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  • Class at the Attarkiah Islamiah institute in Narathiwat. This private school is the biggest islamic school in Thailand. It has about 4000 students who go there to study from all over Thailand and 223 teachers. It has middle-school and high-school  and together with the normal lessons the students are also taught the Koran and the islamic rules.
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  • Men exiting the 300-year mosque after the Friday service. The mosque is concidered as one of the most important hard-core mushlim locations in Southern Thailand so non mushlim people are not allowed to enter the building.  .300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Men chatting outside the 300 year old mosque while waiting for the Friday service to begin. 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Fishermen returning from fishing on their traditional hand-painted boats called Kolae. Most fisherment in Narathiwat live in a small fishermen's village that is attached to the city, on the banks of Bang Nara river. Kolae boats are mainly found in Narathiwat and Patani provinces of south Thailand.
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  • Fishermen returning from fishing on their traditional hand-painted boats called Kolae. Most fisherment in Narathiwat live in a small fishermen's village that is attached to the city, on the banks of Bang Nara river. Kolae boats are mainly found in Narathiwat and Patani provinces of south Thailand.
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  • Teerapol Pongsrapang (32) is the comanding officer of the Thai Royal Navy ship that is patroling the east coast of the south of Thailand. They are there to prevent smugling by sea and to help keep the peace in the troubled south of Thailand.
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  • Solder guarding the local army camp in Narathiwat.
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  • Grandmothere and grandson at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha family. Father giving his son a wash at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha women on their way to a festival at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Burned house at the Akha village Huei Naam Kun that is located in the mountains near Chiang Rai.
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  • Akha child wearing a Santa Claus hat at the premises of the NGO "Children of the Golden Triangle", in Chiang Rai province
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  • Men praying during the Friday service at the iner yard of the 300 mosque. 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Evening street restaurant in Chiang Saen, a sleepy town on the banks of Mekong river. Laos can be clearly seen on the other side of the river and the town also has a port where the ships that travel along the river come to trade.
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  • Akha childred having their lunch at the premises of the NGO "Children of the Golden Triangle", in Chiang Rai province
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  • Refugee in front of the bus to Eidomeni border.<br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Ahmed (20) is from Herat in Afghanistan. He used to study law but he stopped after two of his uncles were killed and his father became worried about his safety and his future and asked him to leave the country and study abroad. He has been travelling for 20 days. He crossed to Greece via Rhodes island and he hopes to be able to reach Germany and continue with his studies there. He was about to board the bus to Eidomeni border.<br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • The Zedan family among other refugees, in front of the bus to Eidomeni border.<br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • The Hassan family came from Kabul city in Afghanistan. They left the country because they had no work and no security. Their children are 2,5 and 5 years old and they have been travelling for 4 months. They crossed to Greece via Samos island. They now are waiting to board the bus to Eidomeni border. <br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Muhammad (14, on the left) and Muhammad (18, on the right) are refugees from Syria. They met in Izmir and decided to continue travelling together. They both left their families behind because there wasn’t enough money for everyone to travel. The youngest one comes from Aleppo and his family has a small mini market. His parents are originally from Palestine and they went to Syria as refugees. Muhammad is now a second generation refugee, this time from Syria to Europe. He has been travelling for a month before he reached Thessaloniki. The older Muhammad is from Edlib and his family has a real estate business. He has been travelling for one month and twenty days. <br />
They both keep in touch with their families via social media apps and email. <br />
They arrived to Thessaloniki in the night and they spent the night sleeping at the bus station so that in the morning they could board the bus to Eidomeni border.<br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Afghan refugees checking the information on their permit to stay in Greece. Many are only given 48 hours and they are excluded from passing via certain provinces. When their permit doesn't allow them to pass via Kilkis province, they cannot board on the busses from Thessaloniki to Eidomeni border. <br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Syrian family near Victoria square in Athens, waiting to board a bus to the border with the Republic of Macedonia.<br />
Victoria square in Athens is one of the main gathering places for refugees. They stay there until they can find a way to travel to Thessaloniki and to the northern border of Greece where they can cross on foot on their way to northern European countries.
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  • Father with his cildren while waiting to board on the bus to Eidomeni.<br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Brothers Riza (21 on the right) and Aftab (19 on the left) Wahdat are from Pol-e-Khomri city in Bahlan province of Afghanistan. They were still at school when they started their journey 3 months ago. They left because of the war between the Taliban and the Daish. They travelled via Pakistan, Iran and Turkey before arriving at Mytilene island. They said that they had to walk all this way and survive on biscuits because Afghani people don’t have money. <br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • After a safe arrival, some times refugees enjoy some moments of relaxation swimming in the sea. <br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Refugee lady that collapsed dehydrated and shocked after her dangerous trip under the sun, is assisted by an Irish volonteer lady, her son and other refugees. <br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Refugees who arrive safely, often hug and kiss eachother.<br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Local woman directing a refugee boat on where to arrive.<br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • The moment of arrival is the happiest for the sea battered refugees. <br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Refugees taking a nap at thecoffee shop of Thessaloniki intercity bus station. <br />
Refugees often arrive to Thessaloniki by train and then they go to the intercity bus station to board on the bus to Eidomeni border where they can cross to the Republic of Macedonia on foot.
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  • Abbashi family from Herat, Afghanistan at Victoria square while they are waiting to find a way to travel to a northern european country, preferably Germany. 5 years ago the husband and the wife (standing) got injured in a suicide bombing. The husband spent 2 years in bed until he could recover and since then they tried to save money to bring the family out of the country. They now have no money and are waiting for some help to be able to continue their trip.<br />
Victoria square in Athens is one of the main gathering places for refugees. They stay there until they can find a way to travel to Thessaloniki and to the northern border of Greece where they can cross on foot on their way to northern European countries.
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  • Greek lady(c) with her friend (r) and the Georgian woman who takes care of her (l) sitting at a bench in Victoria square that is oculied by refugees waiting to find a way to travel to northern european countries. The ladies are there every day and they aren't bothered by the chaotic situation around them.<br />
Victoria square in Athens is one of the main gathering places for refugees. They stay there until they can find a way to travel to Thessaloniki and to the northern border of Greece where they can cross on foot on their way to northern European countries.
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  • Zahra (17) (blue scarf) with her family. They used to live in Kabul where her father was a Shia priest who the Taliban didn’t like and she was going to high school with high interest in mathematics that she would like to study. Her mother was a seamstress and she also has two brothers of which we can see the younger. They all left Kabul in order to protect her as they were informed by a letter that a week later she would be taken by the Taliban. One of her neighbourhood friends had already been taken by the Taliban and nobody knew what happened to her, an other one of her friends had been killed in a suicide bombing and she was very scared. She is hoping that the family can reach a country where they can sleep without fear and where she will not create any more bad memories.<br />
Victoria square in Athens is one of the main gathering places for refugees. They stay there until they can find a way to travel to Thessaloniki and to the northern border of Greece where they can cross on foot on their way to northern European countries.
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  • Family at vvIctoria square.<br />
Victoria square in Athens is one of the main gathering places for refugees. They stay there until they can find a way to travel to Thessaloniki and to the northern border of Greece where they can cross on foot on their way to northern European countries.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Refugee lady assisted to climb a clif by the beach where her dinghy arrived.<br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Refugees walking on a beach as they try to reach theh nearest village.<br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • Askhari family who just landed in Mytilene island are from Kunduz city in Afghanistan. They are travelling together with their two children, the husband’s brother and the wife’s brother. They left Afghanistan because after the leader of the city died, killing started by the Taliban and there was chaos. They traveled for 4 months via Iran and Turkey before they crossed to Greece. Their final destination is Norway because they think they can live there without much worry. <br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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  • After a safe arrival, some times refugees enjoy some moments of relaxation by the sea.<br />
Refugees arriving on beaches near Molyvos village in Lesvos island. Thousands of them come from Turkey, crossing the sea border on inflatable dinghy boats, on a dangerous trip that has claimed many lives. Local people or NGOs expect them and help them in some places but after their arrival, most of them have to walk to the nearest village where they can hope for a places on busses that can take them to the city of Mytilene where they can register and eventually board on a ferry to Athens. Many decide to walk the distance as the busses aren’t enough to accommodate the large number of people that arrive daily.
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