(28 Jul 2025)
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Surin, Thailand – 28 July 2025
1. Various of evacuees inside evacuation center
2. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Nakorn Jomkamsing, farmer: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 3 AND PARTIALLY BY SHOT4++
"I want it to end. I want to live peacefully. I miss my home, my pets, pigs, dogs and chicken. Who’d feeding them? I’m also worried about my rice field. I want to go home. I want it to end. I beg the government. I want it to end quickly. Please think about our situation, people who are here. You can do whatever you want, but please try to put an end to this."
3. Various of evacuees inside evacuation center
4. Evacuees queuing for food
5. Evacuee with dog
6. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Pek Srinoi, construction worker: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 7++
"I want them to calm it down and talk about it, so normal people don’t suffer. We were living our lives normally and that has been fine, but now that there has been fighting, I’m losing my spirit."
7. Various of evacuee Pek Srinoi sat on the ground
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Srei Snam district, Siem Reap, Cambodia – 28 July 2025
8. Various of tents outside pagoda
9. Wide of displaced person, Sok Tha, looking at phone
10. SOUNDBITE (Khmer) Sok Tha, displaced person: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT11++
“I am keen to see the willingness of our government for negotiations. It’s a horrible situation now, the sound of artillery shells is heard all the time. That is why I really want to see peace negotiated, so I can go back home.”
11. Various of people living in tents
STORYLINE:
Thais who fled their homes near the Cambodian border after fighting broke out last week have voiced their hopes for the upcoming talks to end hostilities between the two neighbouring countries.
Thai and Cambodian leaders are meeting in Malaysia in an urgent effort to resolve deadly border clashes that entered a fifth day despite mounting international calls for peace.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai are scheduled to hold talks Monday afternoon at the official residence of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who is hosting the negotiations as chair of the regional bloc, Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Evacuees remain in limbo. Displaced Thais sat on mats with their families and pets, sorting through clothes donations while volunteers and officials handed out meals.
Farmer Nakorn Jomkamsing said she missed her home and wants the conflict to end.
"I beg the government. I want it to end quickly. Please think about our situation, people who are here. You can do whatever you want, but please try to put an end to this," she said.
Another farmer Yoo Thatsri said while the evacuation center is adequate, issues remain.
"There are a lot of people. Bathrooms are crowded."
Construction worker Pek Srinoi arrived at the center on the weekend after moving from another shelter that was deemed too dangerous and wants the situation to calm down.
"I’m losing my spirit," he said.
The fighting flared last Thursday after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers. Both sides blamed each other for starting the clashes, that have killed at least 35 people and displaced more than 260,000 people on both sides.
Both countries recalled their ambassadors and Thailand shut all border crossings with Cambodia, with an exception for migrant Cambodian workers returning home.
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