AND LIBERTY CURTAILED (The statement of Burmese nationals on Guam seeking asylum in the USA)By Rev. Dr. Hre Kio Burma: Burma, placed between Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand, with a land mass of 261,789 square miles, (678,033 sq km) known as “the rice bowl of Southeast Asia” in the early 1900s, got its
By Victor Biak LianChin Human Rights OrganizationRegional Conference on Protection for Refugees from BurmaChiangmai University, Chiangmai, ThailandNov. 6-7, 2003 I am very pleased to have this opportunity of talking about the situation of refugees from Burma in India. I am equally pleased for this rare opportunity of highlighting the condition of the least acknowledged yet
RAZOR’S EDGESurvival Crisis for Refugees from Burma in Delhi, India Project MajeNovember 2004 The situation for refugees from Burma in Delhi, the capital city of India, has reached a survival crisis point. About 1,500 post-1988 refugees from Burma live in Delhi. An estimated 1,300 or more are of the Chin ethnic group from western Burma,
ASSESSMENT REPORTONBURMESE REFUGEES IN MIZORAM ANDDELHI June 2004 CONTENTSAcknowledgement A. INTRODUCTIONi. The assessment tripii. Strength of the Assessmentiii. Limitation of the Assessment B. BURMESE REFUGEES IN INDIA C. BURMESE REFUGEES IN MIZORAM i. Background:ii. The 17th July incident in Mizoramiii. Repercussion of the evictioniv. Initiatives taken by Mizoram Governmentv. Present situation of the Chins:a. Securityb.