"...RTG policy has been largely responsive to the DPs issue, rather than proactive, and the RTG still has no formal asylum law. This has led to practical difficulties in dealing with the DPs, and has also enabled the RTG to maintain an apparent ambivalence to the situation in public. In particular, the RTG has maintained that the DPs are a national security issue, which has led to reluctance to consider certain solutions. In addition, the DPs issue has been made more complex by the 2 million migrant workers from Myanmar that work in Thailand, and by Thailand?s strategic relationship with the government of Myanmar. The lack of clear and open policy on the DPs has meant that they are usually considered first and foremost as potential illegal immigrants; the DPs have been given long-term sanctuary and protection from refoulement, but within closed settlements which iii have created conditions of dependence and have severely limited self-reliance in contrast to international standards on treatment of refugees. The internal factors influencing the RTG policy include concerns about the security of its sovereignty, local resistance, negative public attitude and other priorities that remains difficult to resolve; management of migrant workers. Thailand?s relationship with Myanmar and its commitments to various international conventions are the external factors that affect RTG policy towards displaced person from Myanmar..."