Survivors in a strange land (Republican-American)

Published on: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:04:38 GMT

On a lazy October afternoon, the air crisp with autumn, Ler Bweh, a 25-year-old Karen refugee from Burma, lay on his stomach in his apartment, assembling a map-of-the-world puzzle. Slight and almost ethereal, with moist caramel skin and a diffident demeanor, Ler Bweh had been a geography teacher in the Mae La refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border. This fall, he was resettled to Waterbury, along ... More »