Approximately 100 individuals, comprising 30 families, arrived at a refugee camp along the Thailand-Karenni State border this week, according to the camp management committee.

The recent arrivals at the camp are individuals who relocated from Shadaw due to the prevailing food shortages, prompting their migration.

"Food aid cannot reach Shadaw anymore, along with surrounding villages like Dawse, Dawdu, and Dawparpa”, a displaced individual told Kantarawaddy Times.

Due to the conflict in Hsihseng town, the convoys that previously delivered food to Shadaw can no longer reach the area, and coupled with a shortage of donors, prices of goods have surged dramatically due to scarcity. Job prospects for the war-displaced residents of Shadaw are extremely limited, exacerbating their already dire livelihood crisis.

According to Khun Robert, Secretary No. 1 of the refugee camp's management committee, newly arrived families are in need of kitchen utensils and other essential consumer goods.

"We have not prepared anything in advance for these newcomers. We still cannot provide them with kitchen utensils, which they really need”, he said.

The border refugee camp is providing shelter for over 3,000 individuals for now. On May 22, the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) reported that currently, there are more than 2,000 war-displaced people in Shadaw.