"During the course of more than six decades of armed conflict in southeast Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. The precise number of currently Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the region is unknown. While relatively few civilians (perhaps just over 10,000) 1 have been displaced by armed conflict since the emergence of the peace process in 2011, several hundreds of thousands remain displaced, and have yet to find a ?durable solution? to their plight. Furthermore, in Thailand there are some 120,000 refugees fro m southeast Myanmar living in temporary shelters, plus another 2 - 3 million migrant workers, many of whom are acutely vulnerable and left their homeland for similar reasons to the refugees. Forced migrants in and from Myanmar demonstrate significant resili ence, and often high levels of social and political capital. Nevertheless, refugees and IDPs have been among the principal victims of armed conflict in their homeland. Communities have suffered greatly, with many people dispossessed and traumatised. To som e degree, the overall success of the peace process can be measured by the extent to which the country?s most acutely affected populations are able to achieve durable solutions. At the same time, durable solutions for forced migrants will depend on sustaina ble improvements in the political and security environment and an end to armed conflict, and thus are tied inextricably to the peace process..."