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Forced Migration Review
Forced Migration Review
Acronym
FMR
Journal
Phone number
+44 (0)1865 281700

Location

Forced Migration Review / Refugee Studies Centre / Oxford Department of International Development / University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
OX1 3TB
Oxford
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
Working languages
Arabic
English
Spanish
French
Affiliated Organization
RSC
University or Research Institution

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was est

Forced Migration Review (FMR) is the most widely read publication on forced migration – available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, and free of charge in print and online. It is published by the Refugee Studies Centre in the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Through FMR, authors from around the world analyse the causes and impacts of displacement; debate policies and programmes; share research findings; reflect the lived experience of displacement; and present examples of good practice and recommendations for policy and action.

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Resources

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Defining 'forced migration’ in Burma - discussion

Reports & Research
April, 2008
Myanmar

Most Burmese people fleeing their homes do so for a combination of reasons. The root causes for leaving, however,
determine which ‘category’ they belong to: ‘internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) or ‘economic migrants’. There is
some discussion as to whether people leaving their homes due to exhaustion of livelihoods options are IDPs
according to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement1 – or not. Ashley South and Andrew Bosson present
their views below...

Landmines: reason for flight, obstacle to return

Reports & Research
April, 2008
Myanmar

Burma/Myanmar has suffered
from two decades of mine
warfare by both the State Peace
and Development Council and
ethnic-based insurgents. There
are no humanitarian demining
programmes within the country.
It is no surprise that those states
in Burma/Myanmar with the most
mine pollution are the highest
IDP- and refugee-producing
states. Antipersonnel mines
planted by both government
forces and ethnic armed groups
injure and kill not only enemy
combatants but also their own

Fertility and abortion: Burmese women's health on the Thai-Burma border

Reports & Research
December, 2003
Myanmar

In Thailand's Tak province there
are 60,520 registered migrant
workers and an estimated 150,000
unregistered migrant workers from
Burma. Fleeing the social and political
problems engulfing Burma, they are
mostly employed in farming, garment
making, domestic service, sex and
construction industries. There is also
a significant number of Burmese
living in camps. Despite Thailand�s
developed public health system and
infrastructure, Burmese women face
language and cultural barriers and