Karenni refugees are expecting that with the arrival of France's Junior Human Rights Minister, Mrs. Rama Yade, support and help for Karenni refugee camps would be more forthcoming. Relief measures and items of daily necessity, which were earlier given to refugee camps, have been reduced after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma.
 
Ma Sie, a youth secretary from Karenni refugee camp 2, said, "We hope that being from the European Union (EU), she will herself come to our refugee camp and find out our difficulties. Therefore, we would be likely to get a little more support than before."
 
A delegation of France's Junior Human Rights Minister, Mrs. Rama Yade, the Thai Foreign Minister and representatives from NGOs arrived in the Karenni refugee camp on March 13. She met camp administrators and visited an orphanage. She asked about various problems. She said that she would put pressure to change Burma's military politics.
 
"They do not have a lot of time. Therefore they cannot talk much about it. She said at the camp's administration office, that she would help by putting pressure to change Burma's military regime. Besides, she saw what difficulties there were at the orphanage," a Karenni refugee said.
 
According to the Human Rights Minister's statements, she has already opened an orphanage in France. Therefore, it is related to her work. I hope that these children can benefit with some support and help from her visit, Ma Sie added.