Progressive Voice | June 20, 2018 As the global public observes World Refugee Day, it is more important than ever to honor the strength and courage of refugees throughout the world, including refugees from Myanmar[1], who have for decades [...]
Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC) and Burma Link | June 19, 2018 Khu Myar Reh is a teacher and human rights activist who fled Burma Army violations in Karenni State to the Thailand-Burma border at the age of 37, [...]
Burma Link | May 28, 2018 Paul Sein Twa is the Executive Director of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community based non-profit organisation that works to improve livelihood security and to gain respect for indigenous [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 8, 2018 More than 90 refugees from Burma on Monday returned home from Thailand as part of an official repatriation agreement between the Thai and Burmese governments. Ninety-three people — comprising 28 households [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen News | May 6, 2018 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized voluntary repatriation for 161 refugees that will begin on May 7th from five refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border. [...]
Documentary film by Ansley Sawyer and Corey Embring in partnership with Burma Link | March 17, 2018 Today, thousands of people live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border, displaced from decades of relentless civil war at the hands of [...]
Karen Student Network Group (KSNG) | June 20, 2017 INTRODUCTION On 26-28 December 2016, Karen Student Network Group organised consultation on Refugee Return during its 21st General Annual Meeting held in Mae La Oo refugee camp. This consultation is [...]
By Su Myat Mon / Frontier Myanmar | February 21, 2018 An environmental group has called for greater respect for the rights of indigenous peoples in Tanintharyi Region, saying that land concessions and restrictions on forest use in recent years [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes [...]
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | January 19, 2018 Bangkok, 19 January 2018, 15:00: On Tuesday 16 January, the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments reached agreement around the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled military violence earlier last year. [...]