Refugee and return : displacement along the Thai-Myanmar border /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace : Migration studies ; volume 28
SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace. Migration studies ; v. 28.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269969
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Other authors / contributors:Suphāng Čhanthawānit, editor.
Aungkana Kamonpetch, editor.
ISBN:9783319417523
3319417525
3319417509
9783319417509
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Summary:This book provides essential background information on the protracted displacement of several ethnic groups along the Thai-Myanmar border before turning to an examination of whether Myanmar has now shifted into a post-conflict society, the expected challenges involved in reintegrating returnees to Myanmar, and the possibility of voluntary and sustainable repatriation. The authors conclude that, given the current, ongoing security challenges and the lack of job opportunities in Myanmar, voluntary repatriation is not yet feasible as a long-term solution. After more than 60 years of conflict and displacement, Myanmar is now in the midst of political reform. A new nominally civilian government and the promise of elections in 2015 have raised hopes of a lasting democratic transition after years of military rule. For the first time in decades, repatriation of refugees in Thailand is being discussed as a real and imminent possibility.
Other form:Print version: Suphāng Čhanthawānit. Refugee and return. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017 3319417509 9783319417509
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-41752-3