U.S. halts Myanmar refugee deal

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White House order halts Myanmar refugee resettlement deal with Thailand

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About 90,000 refugees from Myanmar are in Thailand in a string of nine sealed-off camps along the countries’ shared border.

Some have lived in the camps since the mid-1980s , fleeing decades of fighting between Myanmar ’s military and ethnic-minority rebel groups vying for autonomy.

After more than a year of talks and planning, the United States agreed to start taking in some of the refugees last year .

The first groups of 25 families left the camps for the U.S. in July .

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development also has compelled the clinics it was funding across the camps to close, forcing the refugees onto Thailand ’s own public health care system.

Schools are barred from teaching the Thai curriculum or language, leaving little chance for a higher education.

Monthly food allowances barely keep pace with inflation.

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