Life in a makeshift refugee camp

Uncertain times: Thu Lay Phaw sitting by her tent on the Thai side of the Moei River. — The Straits Times/ANN

THE lifeline for thousands of Myanmar villagers fleeing violence after last year’s military coup begins in kitchens like this.

On a street in Mae Sot in northwestern Thailand, two women buzz around a giant wok bubbling with red curry and fried eggs. Other volunteers pack the food into foam boxes filled with steamed rice.