Description:
IRC is concerned that there are
significant numbers of Burmese living
in Thailand who qualify for and
deserve international protection and
assistance but who do not have access
to proper registration processes.
Without a transparent, humane and
lawful asylum policy for Burmese
people entering Thailand, it is
impossible to estimate the percentage
of bona fide refugees within the
group of migrants who have left
Burma for other reasons. The lack
of systematic data to document
the reasons people flee Burma
provides the Thai authorities with
the excuse to treat those Burmese
living outside the refugee camps as
mere economic migrants, subject
to deportation. It also weakens the
leverage that agencies working
with the Burmese living in Thailand
have to advocate on their behalf.
Source/publisher:
"Forced Migration Review" No. 30
Date of Publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry:
2008-11-30
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
Burmese, English