This article appeared in Burma - Women's Voices for Change, Thanakha Team, Bangkok, published by ALTSEAN in 2002... "...Unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are problems that many Burmese women face with little support and a poverty of health resources. Of course it is difficult to quantify such statements in light of the limited sharing of information that occurs between the Burman military government and the rest of the world.

Recently, outspoken Thai Democrat MP Abhist Vejajiva, expressed his concern over the illegal population in Thailand, saying the problem of illegal workers would become "more severe" in the coming years and could lead to social turmoil if the government does not quickly intervene by producing a viable and widely accepted national strategy.

The aims of this study on "Migrant Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances in Thailand" were:
* to provide readers with the most up to date and complete status of migrant children in Thailand
* to identify and analyse the difficult circumstances which are confronting these children
* to develop some indicators to illustrate the conditions in which the migrant children are suffering

အကျဉ်းချုပ်
၂၀၁၁ ခုနှစ်တွင် ဦးသိန်းစိန် သမ္မတဖြစ်လာပြီးနောက်၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ နိုင်ငံရေးနှင့် စီးပွားရေး
ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုများသည် နိုင်ငံ၏အနာဂတ်အတွက် ကြီးမားသောလွတ်လပ်မှုများ မကြံုစဖူးသော
အကောင်းမြင်မှုများသို့ ဦးတည်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတစ်ဝန်းရှိ လူ့အသိုုက်အဝန်းများတွင်၊
အာဏာပိုင်များသည် ဖိနှိပ်သောဥပဒေများကို ဆက်လက်ကျင့်သုံးနေပြီး၊ ယခင်စစ်အစိုးရများ
လက်ထက်တွင် ကျင့်သုံးနေကျကိုသာ ဆက်လက်အသုံးချလျက် ရှိပါသည်။
မြို့ပြနှင့် ကျေးလက်တောနယ်၊ မြန်မာဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာနှင့် လူနည်းစုများ၊ ချမ်းသာသူနှင့် ဆင်းရဲသူ အပါအဝင်

Deport first and discuss later," declared Gen Chettha Thanajaro. Thailand's Army. Army Commander-in-Chief was voicing his support for a plan to repatriate nearly 1million foreign laborers, most of whom are Burmese.

As more and more Burmese go to Thailand in pursuit of relative freedom from persecution and poverty, Burma's closet neighbor is seeking new ways to address the root causes of their immigrant problem.

SUMMARY:
"Since President

Thein

Sein

came

to

power

in

2011,

political

and

economic

reforms

in

Myanmar

have

led

to

greater

freedoms

and

unprecedented

optimism

for

the

country’s

future.

However,

in

communities

throughout

Myanmar,

authorities

continue

to

apply

repressive

laws

and

employ

practices

common

Confusion arose when the Thai Labor Ministry requested Cabinet approval to relax the repatriation of illegal immigrants. Earlier, the Ministry had announced that the labourers would be forced out by May 1.

An international symposium on migration in Asia was recently held in Bangkok. Burma sent a delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister U Khin Maung Win. Independent analysts and NGOs estimate that there are one million Burmese illegally working and living in Thailand. However, Thai officials put the figure at 800,000.

Documentary by the Land Core Group Myanmar, where 70% of the Myanmar population are smallholder farmers, about the challenges faced by poor farmers from land grabbing and land dispossession in rural Myanmar...Interviews with land activists and dispossessed farmers in different parts of the country... sections on: resistance to land-grabbing; Myanmar land law and policies (where customary tenure and women's land rights are not explicitly recognised); efficiency of smallholder practice...

INDIA Act II 1876..... "WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the law relating to the acquisition by private
persons of rights in land in the Union of Burma ;
And whereas it is expedient also to consolidate and' amend the law relating to the
assessment and collection of land-revenue, capitation-tax and certain other taxes ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :--...

The Pa-O are one of the ethnic minorities of Burma. They live primarily in the Taunggyi area of southwestern Shan State. A smaller number live in the Thaton area of Mon State in Lower Burma. The Pa-O in the Thaton area have become "Burmanized" -- like their neighbors the Mon and Karen, they have adopted Burmese language, dress and customs. The Pa-O in southwestern Shan State have learned to speak Shan, but have maintained their own distinct language and customs, including their traditional dark blue or black dress.