Views of child:
Sirr Bay Htoo, the BID child
When asked initially, he said that his father is Shar Tha and her mother is Quee Dee (caregiver uncle and aunt). He said that he likes to go to school with his siblings (cousins) at Thai border police school and he came back home once a week with them. He is staying at boarding house during weekdays and he is fine to stay there too. He likes his school and he also has many friends there as well. He said that most of the students there are Karen but they speak Thai. When asked again whether he knew his biological parents’ name, he said that he does not know his father’s name because he died when he was young and he does not also know the real name of the mother and he just called her ‘little aunt’(the cousins call the mother ‘little aunt’). He said that he used to go to the mother’s house but he is not happy at their house and the mother’s husband also has children and he never had close relationship with them. He said that the mother came to his house sometimes to get some food but she never talked to him and he was not interested in her as well. He said that he does not love the mother when asked. He does not also love or interested in his half-siblings as well. The step father also did not talk to him or take any interest in him as well when he saw him. He mentioned that at home, he is more attached to Bee Aeh Aeh (the daughter of the caregivers) and they used to play together and they are at the same school as well. He however shared the same bed with his mother (the aunt) at night because he dearly loves her. He said that if he would not be able to resettle and left behind, he would not stay with anyone and he would not go and stay with the mother as well because she never took care of him in his life. He would not also stay with the paternal uncle Tun Aye because he never had close relationship with them. He mentioned that he loves everyone in his current family but he loves more of the aunt at home and he never stayed away from her whenever he was at home. He mentioned that he would go and study at the resettlement country because he heard that it is a good country.