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The Rights of Revolutionary Refugees in Thailand

9 Minutes To ReadVictoria (pseudonym) details some of the discrimination the post-coup Myanmar diaspora in Thailand face.

Tags: borderlands, citizenship, labour rights, migrant workers, refugees, revolution, Spring Revolution, statelessness, Thai-Burma border

September 30, 2024

Newly-displaced civilians struggle to survive in Momauk township, Kachin State

4 Minutes To ReadYawng Htang captures the latest struggles facing civilians who fled recent fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and Myanmar military. Captions translated by Hpan Ja Brang; additional text by Emily […]

Tags: displacement, Kachin State, Momauk, People’s Defense Force (PDF), refugees, United Nations (UN)

September 5, 2024

A Double-Edged Sword: Religious Fundamentalism Intensifies the Trauma of Rohingya Women

6 Minutes To ReadMd. Salman Rahman and Fatema Tuz Zohra Nowreen argue that religious misinterpretation traps Rohingya women in suffering.

Tags: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), gender, human rights, Islam, Muslim, polygamy, refugees, Rohingya, United Nations (UN), violence

August 28, 2024

Transnational Violence and Myanmar’s Beleaguered Rohingya Women

6 Minutes To ReadJoshua Bowes and Md. Salman Rahman argue that violence seems to be inescapable for women Rohingya refugees. Credit: AK Rockefeller The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the most volatile […]

Tags: buddhism, Cox’s Bazar, ethnic minorities, gender, gender inequality, gender violence, human trafficking, Islam, Rakhine State, refugees, Rohingya, sexual violence, Tatmadaw, United Nations (UN)

July 2, 2024

Thailand: Next Door Frenemy to Myanmar?

7 Minutes To ReadMinn Myoh Minn Oo evaluates the political relationship between the Thai government and the Myanmar people.

Tags: ASEAN, conscription, ethnic armed organisations, humanitarian aid, junta, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, military coup, Myanmar people, refugees, Spring Revolution, State Administration Council (SAC), Thai-Myanmar border, Thailand, visa, youth

June 24, 2024

Increasing Number of Displaced Refugees in the Post-coup Period and Humanitarian Assistance Campaigns by Myanmar Diasporic Youth

8 Minutes To ReadHnin Htet Htet Aung studies the surge in support for refugees by overseas Myanmar youth.

Tags: ASEAN, diaspora, humanitarian aid, IDP, International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs), Japan, Malaysia, Min Aung Hlaing, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), refugees, Singapore, Tanintharyi, Thailand

June 10, 2024

Escalating Crisis in Myanmar from a Cross-border Perspective

9 Minutes To ReadCV Lalmalsawmi discusses the repercussions of Myanmar’s coup from across the border in Mizoram.

Politics

Tags: borders, Chin, Mizo, Mizoram, myanmar, myanmar coup, National Unity Government (NUG), refugees

December 20, 2021

Hearing refugee voices to create real durable solutions: the Karen refugees thinking about repatriation

7 Minutes To ReadAryuwat Raruen explains why durable solutions must be accountable to refugee voices. Read the Burmese version of this post here. A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border, photo by Aryuwat Raruen. Successive […]

Tags: Karen, refugees, repatriation, resettlement, Thai-Burma border, UNHCR

September 8, 2021

Leveling the Playing Field

7 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that funding requirements for locally run non-profits put them at a disadvantage.

Opinion

Tags: borders, community-based organization (CBO), donors, international aid, Karen, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, refugees, Thai-Burma border

November 19, 2019

Hanging in the Balance: Challenges in Relocating a Post-secondary School from a Thai Refugee Camp to a Ceasefire area in Myanmar

9 Minutes To ReadSu-Ann Oh and Melanie Walker discuss the challenges of return to ceasefire areas faced by post-secondary schools in Karen refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border.

Tags: borders, educational reform, Karen, Karen State, refugee camps, refugees, Thai-Burma border

April 24, 2019

Monsoon in Mae La

8 Minutes To ReadMaximillian Morch writes about how local community organizations in refugee camps mitigate natural disasters but face cuts.

Policy Briefs and Research Reports

Tags: environment, Mae La, natural disaster, refugees, Thai-Burma border

September 12, 2018

Myanmar’s Repatriation Plan Offers Little for the Rohingya

5 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth muses on the recent Myanmar-Bangladesh Rohingya repatriation accord.

Opinion

Tags: Rakhine, refugees, repatriation, Rohingya

December 13, 2017

The international community must listen to the voices of Burma’s internally and externally displaced people

6 Minutes To ReadPaul Sztumpf argues that the international community needs to change its humanitarian support strategy.

Opinion

Tags: humanitarian aid, IDP, international aid, Karen, Rakhine, refugees, Rohingya, Shan State

December 12, 2017

The Plight of Myanmar’s Forgotten Refugees (Part 3)

4 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 3 of 3-part post.

Politics

Tags: justice, refugees, transition

August 13, 2016

The Plight of Myanmar’s Forgotten Refugees (Part 2)

6 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 2 of a 3-part series.

Tags: justice, Karen, refugees

August 12, 2016

The Plight of Myanmar’s Forgotten Refugees (Part 1)

5 Minutes To ReadPaul Eustice reflects on his time spent at Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in Part 1 of a 3-part series. Editor’s Note What follows is the first of a series […]