Tell DFID to help victims of military abuses in Burma

Dear friend

The annual British aid budget for Burma is almost £90 million a year, but not enough of it is reaching people from ethnic minorities who have fled attacks by the Burmese military.

In eastern Burma, around a quarter of a million people from ethnic groups now live in temporary camps in the country, or refugee camps on the border in Thailand. Most have fled attacks by the Burmese military. They have lost everything, and many have experienced or witnessed horrific human rights violations. Killing, rapes, torture. Confined to camps by government or military restrictions and because of the fear of further conflict and human rights violations, they are dependent on aid.

But for the international community, they are not a priority.

Tell DFID to help victims of military abuses in Burma.

A refugee child in a Karen IDP camp.

Conditions in the camps are harsh, getting proper shelter, food, medicine and medical care is a struggle. Children are missing out on a proper education. All because not enough aid is being given to support them, despite aid budgets for Burma increasing in recent years.

Ethnic Karen refugees living in camps in Thailand have told Burma Campaign UK that cuts in the aid they receive make them feel like the international community is trying to starve them back into Burma even though it isn't safe for them to return.

Tell the Department for International Development (DFID) to increase funding for victims of conflict and military abuses in Burma.

DFID claims it is giving more aid to ethnic areas in Burma, but it is money for economic development, not extra humanitarian assistance to people living in the camps. Their basic humanitarian needs should be met before we start spending aid money on things like new motorways in Rangoon.

Email DFID today

Thank you for your support.

Anna Roberts
Burma Campaign UK

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