Burmese refugees: discussion groups
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Discussion and alerts concerning refugees from Burma. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are being driven into neighboring Thailand, India, Bangladesh, and China. Discuss the most needed aid and the best way to provide it. What?s the UNHCR doing? What?s the latest policy of the Thai govt? Want to change it? Visiting Thailand soon? Ask these folks what to take and how to help.
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"...The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting are working together to shield children from violence in conflict areas. U Win Naing Tun, secretary of the Committee for Preventing Grave Violence against Children in Armed Conflict, said they have drafted a plan to protect children from physical harm and sexual abuse..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Times
Date of publication:
2020-03-20
Date of entry/update:
2020-03-21
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"Today, World Refugee Day, KHRG is calling on the international community and relevant stakeholders to stand for the protection and survival of the 71.7 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) around the world who have been uprooted from their homes and ancestral lands. Since the military coup on February 1, 2021, there has been a sharp increase of political instability and civil war resulting in the forcible displacement of local ethnic
communities and they are in the emergency need of humanitarian support. However, the State Administration Council (SAC) has been ignoring requests for needed humanitarian support for
the local ethnic communities who are fleeing from armed conflict. In addition, we have seen that the SAC is blocking access to humanitarian support and destroying humanitarian aid meant for
the displaced communities. This is a violation of international humanitarian law.
Due to the increase in political instability and the intensification of hostilities, IDPs and refugees are unable to return to their places of origin in southeast Myanmar. They fear that if they return
to their homes their safety would be threatened by the ongoing hostilities in southeast Myanmar; the Tatmadaw' s indiscriminate shelling and bombings of villages; landmine contamination;
ongoing militarization; political instability; and the risk of abuse by the Tatmadaw, Border Guard Forces (BGFs) and some Ethnic Armed Organizations. Their main concerns are safety, access to
land, and loss of livelihood. In addition to the political instability and civil war in Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic has added another layer of insecurity in the already deteriorating human rights and humanitarian crisis. In our recent report Left Behind we found that the country’s COVID-19 response and support infrastructure collapsed after the military coup.
In order to ensure the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees and IDPs to their places of origin, KHRG recommends the following:
• The international community, including the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, and ASEAN must strongly pressure the SAC to stop attacking civilian areas, and unarmed civilians.
• Neighboring countries of Myanmar must protect the people fleeing from Myanmar and provide them with security and humanitarian aid.
• SAC must stop the interruption and blockade of humanitarian aid to IDPs and others affected by the conflict.
• SAC must allow stakeholders supporting communities affected the COVID-19 pandemic to operate freely. SAC must also resume the COVID-19 response and support operations.
• The international community must recognize the actors providing humanitarian aid in ethnic areas and must collaborate with and support them..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group
Date of publication:
2021-06-20
Date of entry/update:
2021-06-20
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Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Humanitarian assistance - emergencies, Burmese refugees: discussion groups, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"On World Refugee Day, HURFOM is reminded of Burma’s history, which over the last seven decades has been marred by violence by the Burma Army. Their onslaught led to the establishment of nine refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border where hundreds of thousands traumatized survivors sought safety. Ethnic people have long been targeted by the regime for their culture and traditions as well as their resistance to live under the regime’s occupation. Today is a testament to their ongoing strength and willful determination to live freely and peacefully in their home country. It saddens HURFOM that the current reality is not safe for their return.
Since seizing power in a coup on 1 February, the people of Burma have been forced to suffer deep-rooted consequences. Their livelihoods have been put on hold as the economic state of affairs spirals. In addition to increased militarization, warrantless arrests and property destruction, civilians have been forced to make difficult choices. In Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, civilians have been forced to flee for various reasons including being targeted by the regime for their anti-coup activities. Thousands have fled to escape violent conditions in their townships as well as to seek greater livelihood opportunities. HURFOM documentation suggests at least 41 have been killed, 1,372 arrested and detained and over 222 injured in our target areas since the coup.
HURFOM is deeply worried for the future of Burma. Innocent civilians should not be forced to carry the burden of war. Therefore, we call on the international community for urgent humanitarian assistance including food, water, and shelter for displaced populations. Further, donors and international agencies focusing on war-affected refugees and IDPs must recognize the work of local community-based service providers, organizations, and civil society groups trusted by the beneficiaries to coordinate an effective and efficient humanitarian response..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Date of publication:
2021-06-20
Date of entry/update:
2021-06-20
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Individual Documents
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Burmese refugees: discussion groups, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Humanitarian assistance - emergencies, Human Rights and international relations, HURFOM and other human rights material about the Mon
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"Humanitarian needs in Myanmar are characterized by a complex
combination of vulnerability to natural disasters, food insecurity,
armed conflict, inter-communal tensions, statelessness, institutionalized
discrimination, protracted displacement, human trafficking and risky
migration. In Rakhine, the situation remains tense following the armed
attacks and the military operations and violence in 2017 that led to
the exodus of over 700 000 people to Bangladesh. In Kachin and Shan
states, the escalation of armed conflict caused new and secondary
displacements..."
Source/publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Date of publication:
2019-01-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Food Security - Specialised organisations and mechanisms, Sustainable/alternative development in and for Burma, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Burmese refugees: discussion groups
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English
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1.64 MB
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