Views of Family and close relationships:
La Say, section leader
She initially mentioned that she never noticed that the parents were separated or had any problems before the father went back to Myanmar. She said that the father never came back after he went back to Myanmar in early 2012. While in the camp, the father had no abusive manner to the family and he also loved his children well. She thought that when the father went out, the youngest child was not born yet. Her initial opinion was that the family should wait for the father to return to resettle together. She later heard that the father remarried with another woman in Myanmar and he also did not contact the family as well. At the moment, the children are taking care by the mother and sometimes the maternal grandparents helped taking care of them if necessary. She hardly saw the paternal grandparents visited the children since they stay at a different section.
She later mentioned in 2015 that if the father really loved or missed his children, he might have come back or at least contact them although he had a new family. She also said that if he did not have a new family or relationship, he would have already come back to this family as well. She said that if the father knew the way to go there, he would also be able to find his way back if he wanted to. She however did not see the mother developed a new relationship in the camp. She mentioned that the mother and children’s resettlement decision should not be held if they are willing to go because nothing would change by waiting for the father.