Agenda Item 14(c): Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons. "...The massive forced relocation, displacement and other types of involuntary population movements carried out by the Burmese military regime in the rural areas of Karen State since 1997 is continuing to this day. It is estimated that there are about 100-200,000 displaced people from Karen State alone, up to a million in the whole of Burma. Most of the displaced are farmers and their families who have been dispossessed of their homes and land without compensation by the Burmese army; Thousands have been relocated to sites by the Burmese army to work at their army barracks, or on road or rail construction projects, and other projects without pay; Thousands more are internally displaced, hiding in the jungle trying to survive without seeking sanctuary across the border in Thailand; There are now over 110,000 official Karen refugees sheltered along the Thai-Burma border. In his report to the Commission, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma, states, ?An average of 300-700 new asylums seekers may cross into Thailand every month?. Most of these new arrivals lived for some time as IDPs..."