Colorado Burma Roundtable Network

The following links show maps related to the Karen

Burma and its ethnic states
www.foodjustice.net/burma/1996-2000tribunal/report/map1.htm

Topographical Burma/Thailand
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/burma_rel_96.jpg

Map of Karen refugee camps along border
www.tbbc.org/camps/camps.htm

Map of Karen locations in Thailand and Burma
www.tbbc.org/idps/maproom.htm

Karen refugees have resettled into many states in the USA, most often to states where earlier refugees have settled. For example, there are appreciable Karen refugee communities in Texas, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, in 40 US states overall. There are over 3,000 Burmese refugees in New York and Texas alone. Estimates of the total number of Burmese refugees in the USA go up as high as 10,000 with about 2,700 Karen refugees resettling in the USA per year, although numbers are likely under-estimates.
www.theirc.org/news/irc-has-helped-10000-burmese0916.html www.bbc.co.uk/burmese/highlights/story/2006/09/060901_karen_to_america.shtml

In Colorado, there are approximately 1,000 resettled Karen refugees, with concentrations in Aurora, Glendale and Greeley. Estimates vary on the number of Karen refugees likely to come to Colorado specifically - but there is likely to be significant continued influx of these refugees for many years.