Addressing the protracted Burmese refugee situation in Thailand

A picture made available on 20 October 2010 of a young Burmese refugee carrying her brother on her back in the Mae La refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border, Tak province, north-west Thailand. (Photo: AAP)

Author: Mary Ditton, UNE

Migrants have escaped intra-national conflict within Burma by seeking refuge in Thailand for over 30 years.

But recent development projects in eastern Burma have further displaced segments of Burma’s ethnic population, with approximately 150,000 refugees now dispersed throughout nine refugee camps in Thailand. Read more…