![]() ![]() ![]() Leav’s family was fortunate to be able to migrate to Australia when she was 11 months old in 1981. Many spend decades in camps, denying the children the chance to live a normal life. Refugees are stateless until they find a third country that will take them in and give them citizenship. The third of the four siblings, she was born in a camp on September 8, 1980. Lang Leav’s family along with thousands of Cambodians fled their country and stayed in refugee camps across Thailand. ![]() It is a reminder that she was luckier than the millions of Cambodians who were not able to escape the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge under the Pol Pot regime. It does not only connect mother and daughter but also to their homeland – like an umbilical cord that is never severed. It was a gift from her mother – a symbol of a mother’s love, and the struggle that accompanied it. I was drawn to Lang Leav’s pearl necklace. ![]()
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