Refugee and Return Displacement along the Thai-Myanmar Border

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 challe

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Supang Chantavanich Aungkana Kamonpetch Editors

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SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace Migration Studies Volume 28

Series editor Hans Günter Brauch, Mosbach, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11825 http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/SpringerBriefs_ESDP.htm http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/SpringerBriefs_ESDP_28.htm

Supang Chantavanich Aungkana Kamonpetch •

Editors

Refugee and Return Displacement Along the Thai–Myanmar Border

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Editors Supang Chantavanich Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM) Institute of Asian Studies Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand

Aungkana Kamonpetch Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM) Institute of Asian Studies Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand

More on this book is at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/SpringerBriefs_ESDP_28.htm ISSN 2193-3162 ISSN 2193-3170 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace Migration Studies ISBN 978-3-319-41750-9 ISBN 978-3-319-41752-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41752-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016947508 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover photo: The photograph of Burmese women crossing the Moei River, the border between Myanmar and Thailand, on their way to work in Mae Sot, north-eastern Thailand, was taken by Kyoko Kusakabe in 2007. Copyediting: PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, AFES-PRESS e.V., Mosbach, Germany Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgments

It is always difficult to acknowledge debts to all those who contributed to the culmination of a collaborative effort that this book was. Nonetheless, there are names that we would like to mention in particular. First, we wish