Karen migrants changing the face of a former gold rush town

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Karen migrants changing the face of a former gold rush town
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Karen migrants, a group that are oppressed in Myanmar, are filling job shortages in Ararat and changing the rural city’s social fabric.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Every day during his lunch break, welder Eh Ro Ropohsay crosses the road and walks straight into his Ararat home where he sits down to feast on dishes like spicy, fragrant curries with rice.

“I don’t want a unit. I want a proper house that is spacious for my family,” he said, speaking through a translator. “The backyard needs to have a veggie patch.” “I think I’m going to be here [long-term] because I don’t want to keep moving any more,” she said, also through a translator. San Ba said camping and fishing were popular pastimes among her community, which made Ararat an attractive place to live with several large lakes nearby.Credit:“Here people are more friendly,” she said.“Language is the main issue.”

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