50,000th Myanmar refugee settles in N.J.

The 50,000th Myanmar refugee leaving Thailand with the help of the United Nations is resettling in Camden.

The U.N. High Commission for Refugees said school teacher Plu Reh, his wife, and their 2-year-old daughter have left a refugee camp and are headed to New Jersey's most impoverished city. The man spent 12 years at the Ban Mai Nai Soi camp in northern Thailand to escape war in his homeland. He represents a milestone in the biggest current resettlement program in the world.

The U.N. says that 112,000 refugees remain in the nine camps and that 6,000 to 7,000 more will be resettled this year. - AP