Abstract
The Burmese refugee/migrant community on the Thai-
Burmese border figures prominently among “refugee diasporas”
in the world today. This article describes efforts of
Burmese people within this community to provide basic
education to their youth in extra-legal migrant schools in
the midst of the unwelcoming environment created by the
Thai government’s refugee policy. It argues that this community
needs greater support than it is currently receiving
in order to achieve recognition and security given the impossibility
of safe and voluntary repatriation to Myanmar
in the foreseeable future. The article closes with a number
of specific proposals for facilitating the delivery of education
to Burmese “migrant” youth in the Burmese community
in Thailand through intervention by both state and
nonstate actors.
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