In Thailand, the first, voluntary repatriation of Myanmar refugees from camps along the Thai-Myanmar border has begun today. <br/><br/>Senior field coordinator of United Nations refugee agency, UNHRC, Iain Hall, has said the return began today with persons leaving a camp in the western province of Ratchaburi.<br/><br/> Dozens more from Nupo Camp in western Tak province will follow tomorrow. Senior official from Myanmar's Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlements, Ko Ko Naing, has said, Myanmar is ready to receive the returnees. UNHCR has said the movement is a milestone and it would not lead to an exodus. <br/><br/><br/>There are around 103,000 refugees and internally displaced people living in the nine camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border, some of them have been living in the camps for 30 years. They fled from Myanmar due to armed conflict and often persecution at the hands of the Myanmar army during decades of military rule.