Mayo Intercultural Action is organising an information night on Burma on Wednesday May 9 at 8.30pm in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar.
Keith Donald and Eileen Seymour from Burma Action Ireland will share their experiences and provide information and insight into the current situation in Burma, with particular reference to the Karen ethnic community. Members of the Karen community will also speak about their experiences in Burma, the refugee camps and life here in Ireland.
Recently 57 members of the Karen community living in Castlebar and Ballina received their Irish citizenship. The Karen community was resettled here five years ago under the Irish Government UN Refugee Resettlement Programme. Prior to coming to Ireland the Karen families had lived in Ban Don Yang refugee camp in Thailand under very difficult conditions.
