Shan refugees in Thailand
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Shan Human Rights Monthly Newsletter - August 2012 - Why people still flee Shan State and seek refuge in other countries |
| Date of publication: | | August 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Commentary: Why people still flee Shan State and seek refuge in other countries...
Contents: Themes & Places of Violations reported in this issue...
MAP...
Situation of people fleeing their native places in Kae-See...
Land confiscation and mining project causing people to flee, in Murng-Su...
Military operation, forced labour and extortion, causing people to flee, in Murng-Kerng...
Continuing forced labour, forced recuruitment and extortion causing people to flee, in Lai-Kha...
Forced recruitment causing people to flee, in Kung-Hing...
Military and police persecution causing people to flee, in Nam-Zarng...
Forced relocation and land confiscation causing people to flee, in Murng-Nai...
Beating and intimidation causing people to flee, in Larng-Khur... |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | Blending In |
| Date of publication: | | October 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | Most ethnic minorities fleeing from eastern Burma are recognized as refugees in Thailand, but the Shan are afforded no such status...
"Occupying Burma’s largest state and with a population of about 5 million, the Shan, or Tai Yai, share a close cultural and historical identity with their Thai neighbors—the languages are similar and many Shan are able to assimilate easily within Thailand. In fact, many Shan people do not, or refuse to, speak Burmese.
One million Shan currently live in Thailand, mostly in Chiang Mai Province and the northern region, where they have a reputation for being independent and hard working.
After a drunk government soldier murdered her husband, Par Yuan and her childern fed to Thailand. (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
The Thai authorities’ official explanation as to why the Shan are not granted refugee status is that they have not fled war and persecution as entire communities. However, many observers say the real reason is to avoid opening the floodgates to an influx of Shan..." |
| Author/creator: | | Ko Htwe |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 7 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www2.irrawaddy.org/print_article.php?art_id=16904 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 February 2010 |
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| Title: | | Do dreams come true? ‘Illegal’ young female Shan refugees in Northern Thailand: coping with contradicting (in)securities. |
| Date of publication: | | June 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | "...This thesis consists out of seven chapters. The next chapter on theory will address important political
and theoretical debates within the arena of displacement and refugee studies. Chapter three will
present the methodological approach taken within the research.
Chapters four and five are the data chapters of this thesis addressing various layers of insecurities
through thematic chapters. The chapters are based on the most important themes that arose during
fieldwork. How young Shan women first reacted to state terror, and the impact of this on their daily
lives, is highlighted in chapter four. Chapter five will explain what it means to be a young Shan
female, revealing the daily life practices and the influences they have on life chances and future
aspirations. Finally, I shall conclude by referring to the debates discussed within the theory chapter.
The key words of this research are displacement, young female Shan refugees, future aspirations and
human (in)security..." |
| Author/creator: | | Ursula Cats |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Masters Thesis - Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.9 - original version; 2.4 - OBL version) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/MASTER-THESIS-Final-version1-red.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 September 2010 |
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