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Introduction:
"The shifting nature of conflict in Burma over the past fifteen years has structured a range of
inter-linked displacement crises. In this paper, three main types of forced migration in – and
from – the country are identified: Type 1 – armed-conflict-induced displacement; Type 2 –
State/society-induced displacement; and Type 3 – livelihood/vulnerability-induced
displacement. Each is addressed in a case study, with material drawn from different
geographic areas, illustrating different aspects and impacts of (armed and state-society)
conflict in Burma.
This paper shows that internal displacement in Burma is not only caused by armed conflict in
the insurgent-prone eastern borderlands. While the most acutely vulnerable internally
displaced persons (IDPs) do live in those few areas of the country still affected by significant levels of armed conflict, the phenomenon of forced migration is more complex and
widespread – the product of decades of mis-governance by the militarized state...
