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Title
Refugee and return : displacement along the Thai-Myanmar border / Supang Chantavanich, Aungkana Kamonpetch, editors.
ISBN
9783319417523 (electronic book)
3319417525 (electronic book)
3319417509
9783319417509
Imprint
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-41752-3 doi
Call Number
HV640.5.B93
Dewey Decimal Classification
325/.2109591
300
Summary
This book provides essential background information on the protracted displacement of several ethnic groups along the Thai-Myanmar border before turning to an examination of whether Myanmar has now shifted into a post-conflict society, the expected challenges involved in reintegrating returnees to Myanmar, and the possibility of voluntary and sustainable repatriation. The authors conclude that, given the current, ongoing security challenges and the lack of job opportunities in Myanmar, voluntary repatriation is not yet feasible as a long-term solution. After more than 60 years of conflict and displacement, Myanmar is now in the midst of political reform. A new nominally civilian government and the promise of elections in 2015 have raised hopes of a lasting democratic transition after years of military rule. For the first time in decades, repatriation of refugees in Thailand is being discussed as a real and imminent possibility.
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Series
SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace. Migration studies ; v. 28.
Introduction : background of protracted conflict and displacement in Myanmar / Supang Chantavanich and Aungkana Kamonpetch
Sustainable return : a case study of refugee return to Lao PDR in the 1980s-1990s / Min Ma and Vongsa Chayavong
Myanmar as a post-conflict society? / Lahpai Nang Sam Aung and Hkawn Ja Aung
Challenges of reintegration for returnees in Myanmar / Nwe Ni Win Kyaw and Ni Ni Win
Analysis and conclusions on voluntary repatriation / Supang Chantavanich and Aungkana Kamonpetch.
