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Children from the Karen tribe point to American destinations on a display that promotes immigration to the U.S. at Mae La Oon refugee camp in Thailand.
In 2006, the UNHCR identified Karen refugees as a group requiring particular protection, Canada responded by agreeing to resettle over 3,500 of them over three years, making it the third largest recipient with USA being first and Australia second. By 2010 as many as 30,000 displaced Karen tribes people will take part in what the UNHCR described as the world's largest refugee resettlement operation.
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